Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
This week, we are moving into what is historically our hottest period of the year. So high temperatures dropping into the upper 80s is real progress!
A cold front has moved in and set up shop across our region. It will help drop our temperatures and bring us more showers and more thunderstorms.
Wednesday will still be hot, with high temperatures near 90° and heat index values in the triple digits once again. But it should be a little less hot and a little less humid than the past few days.
Showers and thunderstorms are looking likely on Wednesday. And a few of those could be strong to severe.
Because the front draped across the region isn’t going to move much, any storms that form along it this week will be slow movers. So showers and storms developing could be big rain makers for us.
We will really start to feel the effects of that cold front beginning Thursday.
Expect high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s to round out the work week.
And our storm chances on Thursday and Friday will be limited to around 30%.
But another cold front will move in this weekend and that will increase our chances for showers and storms to 40 to 50%. It won’t be a washout, but there is a decent chance for wet weather both days this weekend and as we head back to work on Monday. Stay tuned.
