Highlights:
- Storms increase in coverage and intensity this afternoon
- More refreshing air arrives for the weekend
- Quiet start to next week
Stormy Afternoon On Deck…A frontal boundary will slip into the state today and slowly push south over the next 24 hours, eventually making it out of the state Friday. The combination of this trigger (front) along with a genuinely “soupy” air mass (precipitable water values will be north of 2″ and dew points will remain in the low-mid 70s) will result in increasing storm coverage this afternoon into the evening hours. Some of the storms may become severe and it also won’t take much for flash flooding to develop where storms train. In some cases, these storms will dump rainfall rates of 2″-3″/ hour. From a severe stand point, we’re most concerned for the potential of damaging straight line winds.
Thankfully, we’ll clear things out in time for the upcoming weekend. With the exception of a few morning thunderstorms downstate Friday, the trend will be a drier one and that will continue into Saturday. Along with the drier air, we’ll also note slightly cooler temperatures. It’ll feel much more refreshing than the past couple days.
A weak reinforcing cold front will sweep through the state Sunday evening and this boundary could kick-up a scattered thunderstorm or two Sunday afternoon-evening before we return to dry times Monday and Tuesday. Moisture (and heat) will return by the middle of next week.
Upcoming 7-Day Precipitation Forecast:
- Snowfall: 0.00″
- Rainfall: 1″-2″ (locally heavier totals)