It’s the start of another workweek, but unlike last week where it was cool an rainy, this will will be the opposite. Last week we had an upper-level trough that brought a lot of cooler air and rain into the forecast, but that trough will begin to move off to the east late Wednesday and replacing that trough will be an upper-level ridge of high pressure.
What this means for us is that our temperatures will rise and the chances for rain will dissipate. There is a slight chance for rain this evening, but most of us will remain dry tonight. Tomorrow we’ll wake up to some cloud cover before quickly turning sunny. Our temperatures tomorrow will only rise into the low to mid 80s but by midweek we’ll get up into the mid to upper 80s. Fortunately, we don’t look to break the 90s, but it will be warm by midweek lasting through the end of the week.
The clouds return this weekend which will help keep our temperatures down, but as of now it looks like these clouds won’t bring any rain chances back into the forecast.
TRACKING THE TROPICS: Today is, statistically, the peak of Hurricane Season and the tropics are heating up. There are three areas of interest in the Atlantic, but the main focus is on Hurricane Florence. Right now Florence is a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 MPH. The latest track takes it towards the East Coast with a possible landfall in North/South Carolina. Moving closer to home, there is a tropical disturbance brewing in the Gulf that has a 30% chance of development over the next 5 days. We’re going to continue to monitor this as it moves into the warm waters of the Gulf.
-Meteorologist Kellianne Klass
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