Good Thursday everyone. Rounds of showers and storms have been common across the state over the past few days and that’s a pattern that looks to hold tough into the upcoming weekend. This will help to keep the heat from fully building into our part of the world as we await the next round of cooler air for the end of next week.

In the short term… we will see temps rebounding into the 80s for the first time this week for much of the region. Highs should hit the low 80s in the east with 90 in the far west.

Current Temps



While the most of the day will be dry… there is the chance for a shower or thunderstorm today and that action will show up here…




The heat ridge across the southern plains into the deep south means business. Temps well above 100 degrees were recorded from Oklahoma to Florida over the past few days. I say no thanks to anything remotely like that and mother nature is working in our favor as we will only get another glancing shot of heat by later this weekend into early next week before changes start to show back up.

Clusters of showers and storms will be roaming through here for much of the Friday-Sunday period as the heat core stays to our west and south. You can see what i’m talking about with the GFS…



A few strong or severe storms will be possible and these storms can put down a lot of water in a short amount of time for some.

I do expect a few 90 degree days for many late weekend into early next week. That shouldn’t last as a nice shot of cool air moves into the plains states by mid week then makes a run at us later next week. Check out how the GFS Ensembles wipe out the heat next week…



To get a transition like that… one could assume some big storms from the plains into the Ohio Valley at some point.

Have a great Thursday and take care.