Good morning! Today will be another hot, steamy day with highs in the low to mid 90’s. There could be some widely scattered showers and storms today.  But, the better rain chance will begin the pre-dawn hours Thursday.  An important cool front will bring much needed widespread showers and storms to the state tomorrow.

By Friday night and over the weekend expect lower humidity and much nicer air.  Highs over the weekend will be in the 80’s with cooler low to mid 60’s at night.  Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.

TODAY:  Sun/cloud mix.  Hot and rather humid.  High in the low to mid 90’s.  Mostly cloudy tonight.  Dry through the evening hours.  Risk of showers or thunderstorms starting in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday.  Low near 70.

Some storms could be strong to severe.  Marginal Severe Risk with damaging wind gusts.  Generally west of Selma through 7AM Thursday.  Then spreading to the rest of the state during the day Thursday.

NEXT FEW DAYS:   An important cool front is on the way.  The front will bring a chance for widespread showers and thunderstorms, followed by some really nice air.  The best chance of rain will be Thursday.  Some storms could be quite strong. There will be some leftover showers and storms Friday.  By Friday night and over the weekend expect lower humidity and much nicer air.  Highs over the weekend will be in the 80’s with cooler low to mid 60’s at night. 

Here’s the projected rainfall through Friday.  Fingers crossed.  We need the rain.

Here’s the 10 Day Temperature Trend.  The 90’s are about to go away.  Cooler nights soon. 

TROPICAL OUTLOOK:  All of a sudden, the Tropics are very interesting indeed.

Gabrielle is a major Cat 3 hurricane which is headed toward the Azores. Hurricane Warning in effect.  This storm could eventually have an impact on Portugal and Spain.

Elsewhere there’s Invest 93-L has a 90% chance of becoming A depression or Tropical Storm.  In front of that, Invest 94-L, with an 80% chance of development could be a threat to the Bahamas.  Could it have an impact on the SE US?  This one certainly has our attention.  The next two names are Humberto and Imelda.

The Tropical Spaghetti models indicate Invest 94-L needs to be watched carefully. 

Even more interesting is the EURO Ensembles Model indicate potential trouble for the Southeastern US Coastline.  So far, the biggest potential  US threat of the season.  Stay tuned.

Thanks for reading the blog. Today everything is normal including LIVE on the Radio of NewsTalk 93.1 WACV.  There will be another video forecast discussion and Blog Update in the 4 o’clock hours tomorrow morning.  You can always find my forecast updates hourly on the 8 station Bluewater family of stations every day of the year.

–Rich