A frontal system will drop southeastward over the next couple of days from the northern US towards this area and it’ll keep it quite unsettled around here with the continuing threat of showers and thunderstorms. In fact, a very moist environment will make the chances for showers and thunderstorms quite high during the next couple of days and any rain can be heavy at times. Temperatures will trend downward from highs in the lower 90’s this afternoon to the mid 80’s by early next week as a more comfortable air mass pushes into the Tennessee Valley.
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There is a much cooler air mass headed this way for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and it’ll be an active stretch of weather in the Mid-Atlantic as we make that transition from today’s heat and humidity to the weekend comfort. There is a threat for strong-to-severe thunderstorms later today and tonight in the Mid-Atlantic region and northeast US as a surface low pressure trough will combine with high humidity and upper-level energy to destabilize the atmosphere later in the day. The threat for showers and thunderstorms will continue from Thursday/Thursday night into Friday as a strong cool front only slowly grinds its way through the region. Elsewhere, a minimal tropical storm (Chantal) has formed out over the open Atlantic Ocean and is no threat to the US; however, another system now near the Bahamas will have to be closely monitored in the coming week or so.
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It’ll be another day with excessive heat and humidity in the Tennessee Valley as high pressure remains stuck to our west and there is the chance for PM showers and thunderstorms. A frontal system will drop southeastward over the next couple of days from the northern US towards this area and that’ll keep it quite unsettled with the continuing threat of showers and thunderstorms. In fact, a very moist environment will make the chances for showers and thunderstorms quite high during much of the second half of the week.
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It’ll remain hot again today in the northern Alabama region with highs likely in the middle 90’s to go along with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The chance for showers and storms may increase on Wednesday as northwest flow aloft sets up with upper-level ridging over the Central Plains. The chance for showers and storms will continue on Thursday as a frontal system drops southeastward from the north-central states and its passage should usher in more comfortable air by the weekend.
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The tropics remain quiet, but there are signs that activity may pick up again in the near term and the western Gulf of Mexico may be the region to focus on late this week or during the upcoming weekend. In this particular part of the Gulf, sea surface temperatures are especially warm relative-to-normal and this could fuel the formation of a tropical system. Meanwhile, as high pressure ridging strengthens over the western Atlantic, very hot and humid conditions will prevail across the Tennessee Valley during the next few days. In fact, temperatures should reach the middle 90’s for highs through mid-week, but a more comfortable air mass should arrive by the latter part of the week anchored by high pressure over the Great Lakes.
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The tropics remain quiet, but there are signs that activity may pick up again in the near term and the Gulf of Mexico may be the region to focus on in a week or so. Meanwhile, as high pressure ridging strengthens over the southern US, very hot and humid conditions will dominate the scene in the Tennessee Valley for the next few days. In fact, temperatures could reach the middle 90’s for highs on both Saturday and Sunday with only a slight downturn expected as we begin the new work week. Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered during the weekend, but their chances will be on the rise as we get into the early part of next week.
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As high pressure ridging strengthens over the southern US, excessive heat and humidity will make a return to the Tennessee Valley beginning this weekend. In fact, temperatures could reach the mid-to-upper 90’s for highs on both Saturday and Sunday with only a slight downturn expected as we begin the new work week. Showers and thunderstorms are not too likely during the next couple of days, but their chances will be on the rise as we get into the early part of next week.
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Today will feature some relief in the temperature department for the Tennessee Valley following the passage of a frontal system, but there is more excessive heat on the way. In fact, temperatures are likely to return the middle 90’s this weekend and the extreme heat is likely to continue early next week as well. The main culprit for the heat wave across the southern US in coming days will be rather stationary high pressure aloft that will allow for high heat from the SW US to the SE US and including the Tennessee Valley region.
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Today will be another quite day across the region with highs in the middle 90’s by mid-afternoon to go along with very humid conditions. A cold front will increase the chances for showers and thunderstorms by the end of the day and there can be some severe thunderstorm activity by early tonight. In fact, a sold band of strong-to-severe thunderstorms are likely by late today across the middle part of Tennessee and they will push in this direction early tonight with heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts a real threat for the region.
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The big story over the next several days may the return of some excessive heat and humidity by the early part of next week. High pressure ridging will build over the south-central US this weekend and keep a NW flow in place over the region. As the high intensifies early next week, temperatures here could climb to the middle 90’s for highs along with the continuing daily chance of showers and thunderstorms.
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