Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
Our summer weather is not going away without a fight. But it will be going away.
A powerful cold front is moving in our direction. It has a history of producing severe weather.
We expect some strong to severe storms to roll into our region Saturday afternoon and into Saturday evening.
We could see some storms as early as mid afternoon, but it looks like the bulk of the stormy weather will move in Saturday evening.
The entire region is under a level two storm threat, meaning some of the storms could produce damaging wind gusts, some large hail, and even an isolated tornado.
The good news: the wet weather should not spill over into Sunday.
The second half of the weekend is looking dry, but noticeably cooler.
Expect plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the upper 60s.
And temperatures continue to fall into the work week.
We are expecting a highs only in the mid 60s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
It will be a dry start to the work week, but by Wednesday we can expect a threat for more thunderstorms, and it does look like the unsettled weather will stick around for Thursday and Friday.
