Good Thursday, everybody. We have a strong cold front working into the state today, bringing the potential for a line of strong thunderstorms. Behind this front, a more comfortable brand of air rolls in here for the upcoming weekend. Can that better weather hold into eclipse day? That’s the million dollar question.

Scattered storms are possible early today, with a line of storms rolling across the state later this afternoon and evening. Instability ahead of this line will depend on just how much sun we can see. The more instability, the better the chance for high winds and hail.

Regardless, the atmosphere is loaded with moisture, so torrential rains are a good bet. This can cause some local flash flood issues to develop.

Here are the tracking tools for the day…


Current Watches
Current Watches

Possible Watch Areas
Current MDs

A few leftover showers and storms linger into the first half of Friday, but things improve as the day wears on. Humidity levels and temps start to come down, setting the stage for a pretty nice start to the high school football season.

Another weak system dives in from the northwest later Saturday, bringing the chance for a shower or thunderstorm..

From here, we really begin to focus on eclipse day Monday. We continue to see the chance for a few clouds and isolated showers and storms going up at some point in the afternoon. The latest GFS cloud forecast…

Beyond that, showers and storms increase Tuesday into Wednesday. This is ahead of what appears to be another prolonged push of below normal temps. The GFS…

The Canadian…

Make it a great day and take care.