Back to the Summer Heat

 

Earlier I promised to talk about the tropical system brewing in the Bay of Campeche.  Well, I'm sure you've all heard by now that it became our first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season (Arlene).  It didn't do much except dump a good amount of rain on the eastern coast of Mexico.   I apologize for the lack of updates during the middle of the week.  I do have an excuse though...I was moving into a new home.

Now that I have that out of the way let's see what our weather will be like as we think about lighting those fireworks this weekend.

 

TODAY:  Similiar to Thursday we'll see plenty of sunshine and feel temperatures warm up to the mid upper 90's.  Due to Tuesday's soaking, we'll likely not hit 100 degrees today.  Nonetheless, it will still be hot outside so make sure to be careful if you're outside for an extended period of time.

4TH JULY WEEKEND: An upper level high will be in the process of breaking down. Although it will be weaker, the upper level system will still be near we'll continue to have hot, dry weather with temperatures in the upper 90's.  Some places will hit 100 on Saturday and Sunday.

4TH OF JULY: The ridge (upper level high) will migrate west allowing us to see pulse thunderstorms develop.  For those who don't know, pulse thunderstorms are ones that pulse up quickly due to daytime heating/moisture in the atmosphere.  Without the high pressure to suppress the possibility of storms we'll put in a small chance of rain for Independence Day.  The good news to take from all of this is that if a storm actually does managed to go up it won't last long and will likely fizzle out by the time you see fireworks.

NEXT WEEK:  Similar to the 4th, the forecast won't alter that much.  We'll be dry and hot most of the day but there will be moments where a few isolated, quick thunderstorms could develop late into the day.


That is it my weather friends.  Enjoy you're extended weekend!