Derrah Getter's First Warning Forecast
Rain chances increase as we head into the weekend due to an approaching area of low pressure. A cold front will also be approaching bringing more mild conditions next week.
Temperatures this evening will hover in the middle 70s. The clouds will stick around all evening with building cloud cover as we head into the overnight. Humidity will also be building as we head into Saturday.
Scattered showers arrive early Saturday morning beginning in North Carolina and spreading into portions of Hampton Roads. A few isolated thunderstorms could be embedded in some of these showers. It will be pretty cloudy all day long but the wet and gloomy conditions should be clearing out by Saturday night.
Sunday is looking like the better of the two weekend days. Much brighter skies and low humidity will make for a fantastic finish to the weekend and the gorgeous conditions will carry over into the beginning of the upcoming work-week.
Tropical Update
As of 9/6/24 at 5 pm
Monitoring four areas in the tropics:
1. Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:
Showers and thunderstorms associated with a low pressure system and weak frontal boundary over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico remain disorganized. Further development is not likely.
- Formation chance through 48 hours...LOW (near 0%)
- Formation chance through 7 days...LOW (near 0%)
2. Northwestern Atlantic:
A non-tropical area of low pressure located a few hundred miles east of the Mid-Atlantic coast is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms but is now producing winds to storm force. The system will remain offshore but will be causing rough surf for east coast beaches.
- Formation chance through 48 hours...LOW (near 0%)
Formation chance through 7 days...LOW ( near 0%)
3. Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure over the eastern tropical Atlantic is producing minimal showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development is possible over the next several days as it drifts northwestward.
- Formation chance through 48 hours...LOW (near 0%)
- Formation chance through 7 days...LOW (10%)
4. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico:
Another tropical wave located over Belize and the Yucutan Peninsula is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. The wave is forecast to move into the Bay of Campeche in the next few days where it could begin to interact with a frontal boundary. A tropical depression could form sometime next week as the system moves slowly into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Formation chance through 48 hours...LOW (20%)
- Formation chance through 7 days...MEDIUM (40%)
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