It's about to get much hotter and humid again. Heat indices feel like 100 to 105 degrees
Today was the best day of the week. From here on out we return you to your regularly scheduled summer pattern of heat, humidity and scattered afternoon thunderstorms.
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What an amazing summer afternoon Tuesday was. The skies were an amazing blue. Temperatures were in the low to mid-80s, which is just a hair shy of where they should be for this time of year. (86 is the seasonable high for early August.) And the humidity went on a brief vacation. Bottle this up and let's open it back up in early March.
But the pattern is about to change. The winds will shift direction and start dragging much warmer and much more humid air back towards the region. As a result, from Thursday right through the weekend, temperatures will be in the 90s and it will feel closer to 100 degrees. Hey, it's still August after all.
With this summery set-up, plan for the opportunity of widely scattered thunderstorms to develop. I said plan for, not to cancel any outdoor plans. This is a very typical summer pattern. In the extra buoyant atmosphere because of the heat and the humidity, storms have an easier time developing. This isn't a statewide consistent soaking. It is just widely scattered storms popping off. Go to the beach. Go to the pool. Go to the lake. Do whatever you have planned. Just keep an eye out for a few storms Thursday and Friday.
The weekend outlook is looking a little better. The storm chance percentage has lowered a little bit. Hopefully it will continue this trend until we reach 0% for both Saturday and Sunday. Forecasting fingers are crossed.
