A stretch of nice weather begins on Friday in the Mid-Atlantic region and continues through Monday, but there is a threat of severe weather before we get there. A strong cold front is crossing the Great Lakes region today and headed towards the Mid-Atlantic and its approach will enhance the chance for showers and thunderstorms in the 2-9 PM time period. Any storm that forms later today or early tonight can become severe with potentially damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall…perhaps even a few isolated tornadoes. The good news is that all of this activity clears out by early tomorrow setting the stage for a stretch of nice weather from tomorrow through the Labor Day holiday.
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An upper-level ridge of high pressure continues to strengthen over the Southeast US and it will keep us quite warm and humid as we head towards the weekend. The threat for rain will diminish some today as the ridging intensifies overhead. It’ll also stay quite warm with high temperatures in the lower 90’s across the region and those hot conditions will continue on Friday as well. A cool front should be able to push through the region tomorrow with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Tennessee Valley. Following the late week frontal passage, it’ll turn a bit cooler for the upcoming weekend.
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The threat for rain will diminish some today as mid-to-upper level ridging builds into the Southeast US. It’ll also turn a bit warmer with high temperatures likely in the lower 90’s across the region and those hot conditions will continue on Thursday as well. A cool front should be able to push through the region on Friday and scattered showers and thunderstorms will likely form in the Tennessee Valley. Following the late week frontal passage, it’ll turn a bit cooler for the upcoming weekend.
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The weather pattern continues to be quite active here in the Tennessee Valley as additional waves of energy raise the chances for afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm activity. Any shower or thunderstorms that forms today can produce heavy rainfall as the atmosphere is quite moist across the region. The threat for rain will diminish some on Wednesday as mid-to-upper level ridging builds into the Southeast US. It’ll also turn a bit warmer with high temperatures likely in the lower 90’s across the region following the upper 80’s for this afternoon.
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The weather will be quite active for the first part of the week as a couple short-waves raise the chances for shower and thunderstorm activity in the Tennessee Valley. Any shower or thunderstorms that forms in this pattern ca produce heavy rainfall as the atmosphere is very moist across the region. The threat for rain will diminish at mid-week as mid-to-upper level ridging builds into the Southeast US. It’ll also turn even warmer later this week with high temperatures likely in the 90’s across the region following the upper 80’s for the next couple of days
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The remnants of Hurricane Laura will push by to our north today and contribute to numerous showers and thunderstorms in the northern part of Alabama. The rain can be heavy at times and there is a chance that some of the storms that form will be severe with isolated “tropical” tornadoes a threat. The remains of the hurricane will move well east of here on Saturday and it’ll turn cooler on Sunday following the passage of a cold frontal system.
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Hurricane Laura came ashore last night near the town of Cameron in southwestern Louisiana initially estimated as a category 4 storm. It has pushed northward today into upstate Louisiana and has weakened along the way to a category 1 hurricane; however, it is still producing heavy rainfall and damaging wind gusts and will continue to do so into the state of Arkansas and parts of the Tennessee Valley. By the weekend, the remains of Hurricane Laura will interact with an incoming frontal system and upper-level trough to produce some heavy rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic region along with the potential for strong-to-severe thunderstorms. All of this activity will clear the east coast by Sunday and a spectacular air mass for late August will push into the Great Lakes, Northeast US and the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Major Hurricane Laura made landfall late last night and its story line is not over yet. The remains of Hurricane Laura will push northward today into the south-central states producing heavy rainfall, severe weather, and damaging wind gusts. By the early part of the weekend, the remains of Hurricane Laura will turn to the east and get intertwined with a frontal system and an incoming vigorous upper-level trough to potentially produce some heavy rainfall in portions of the Mid-Atlantic region. Once off the Mid-Atlantic coast, the remnants of Hurricane Laura could actually re-intensify as it moves out over the warm waters of the western Atlantic.
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Hurricane Laura has reached “major” hurricane status as a category 3 storm and it should intensify into a category 4 system this afternoon as it heads on a collision course with the Texas/Louisiana border region and expected landfall later tonight. Hurricane Laura intensified rapidly during the past 24 hours in a favorable environment of low wind shear and very warm sea surface temperatures and continues to intensify today - now just a bit under the required levels for a category 4 classification. After Hurricane Laura makes landfall later tonight, its story line will not be over. Its remains will push northward into the south-central states on Thursday producing heavy rainfall, severe weather, and damaging wind gusts. By the early part of the weekend, the remains of Hurricane Laura will turn to the east and get intertwined with a frontal system and an incoming vigorous upper-level trough to potentially produce some heavy rainfall in portions of the Mid-Atlantic region. Once off the Mid-Atlantic coast, the remnants of Hurricane Laura could actually re-intensify as it moves out over the warm waters of the western Atlantic.
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Hurricane Laura continues to churn over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and it could become a “major” hurricane before making landfall later tonight likely somewhere along the upper coastline of Texas. The combination of weak wind shear and very high sea surface temperatures will contribute to additional intensification as Hurricane Laura pushes towards the western Gulf coastal region.
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