Good Tuesday to one and all. We continue to be in a July-like pattern here in the middle of May, but things will change quickly by the weekend. This is when we get into a setup featuring more thunderstorms, followed by a much cooler look for next week.

Highs today and Wednesday will generally hit the mid and upper 80s for most of the state. A local 90 degree thermometer can’t be ruled out as skies stay mainly sunny.

A storm or two begins to pop by Thursday as moisture starts to increase. This will lead to a much better threat for some storms into Friday and Saturday…

A few of the storms can be strong, producing heavy rainfall.

A cold front then targets the region by Sunday with showers and storms becoming much more widespread. Here’s the GFS…

The European Model agrees…

This will be followed by much cooler air for the first half of next week, with another cooler shot lined up after that…

The progressive look to the pattern suggests we remain pretty active in terms of shower and thunderstorm threats. Check out the GFS animation through the end of the month…

Make it a great Tuesday and take care.