Good morning! Get ready for an early taste of summer.  It will start feeling more like mid June than mid May. From Thursday through Sunday, highs will climb to 90 or above. It’ll be dry  from today through Friday, but scattered showers and storms could return this weekend, mostly in the afternoon and evening hours, like a summer forecast.  Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.

TODAY: Mostly sunny and warmer.  High 89.  Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.   Partly cloudy tonight.  Low 66.  (Normal 85/60)

The Blazing Heat in the middle of the country is spreading eastward. Dallas could reach the lower 100’s today, shattering their record by about 7 degrees.

NEXT FEW DAYS:  Get ready for some hot days.  We’ll be 90+ Thursday through Monday.

The risk of some scattered showers and storms returns this weekend.  But, unlike last weekend, the rain chance probabilities will be much lower.  Close to the 30% range Saturday and Sunday. 

Here’s the rainfall potential map for the next 7 days shows the greatest potential in extreme north Alabama. 

10 Day model blend temperature trend.  A taste of Summer. 

BEACH OUTLOOK: Just about ideal. Dry. Highs in the low 80’s. High rip current risk today, and moderate over the weekend. Gulf water 77.

 The East Pacific Hurricane season begins tomorrow and the EURO model suggests a strong chance of development off the coast of Mexico. 

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