Forecaster Derrah Getter’s First Warning Forecast
Extreme heat and humidity for the weekend. Tracking rain to start next week.
We will warm to the low 90s Friday. It will feel more like the mid and upper 90s with the building humidity. Expect another nice mix of sun and clouds.
Even more heat and humidity for the weekend. Highs will reach the mid 90s with afternoon heat index values between 100 and 105. Heat advisory criteria is heat indices of 105+ so a heat advisory could be issued for Sunday. Expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies this weekend.
Our next decent chance for rain is set to move in with a cold front on Monday. It will still be hot and humid on Monday, but a slight cool down should move in on Tuesday behind the front. Temperatures will go from the mid 90s to the upper 80s on Tuesday.
Tropical Update
As of 6/20/24 at 7 pm: Tropical Storm Alberto is no longer.
Watching a small area of low pressure located about 150 miles east of the Bahamas. While environmental conditions are only marginally conducive due to nearby dry air, further development of this system is possible while the low moves WNW and approaches the northeastern coast of Florida early on Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours: Medium (40%)
* Formation chance through 7 days: Medium (40%)
A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form near the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico on Friday. Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for gradual development and this system could become a tropical depression over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this weekend while it moves slowly NW.
* Formation chance through 48 hours: Low (20%)
* Formation chance through 7 days: Medium (50%)
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