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Hot and Mainly Dry Today

Short Term Forecast:  We have a very warm and muggy morning across the Capital City.  The sky is partly cloudy and the temperatures are in the 70s.


We will be mainly dry today as a ridge of high pressure moves over the Southeast U.S. in the upper-levels of the atmosphere.  This will still give us partly cloudy skies with some stray showers and storms popping up.  However, most of you will not see any rain.  It will be pretty hot and humid with high temperatures in the lower to mid 90s.  The heat index will be around 100° to 105°.  Please stay hydrated and keep cool!

Look for some clouds to stick around tonight and it will be muggy with low temperatures in the mid 70s.

Week Ahead:  The ridge of high pressure will stay over us on Tuesday with partly cloudy skies popping up during the day.  We could also see isolated showers and storms pop-up with the heating of the day.  Highs will be in the mid 90s and lows in the mid 70s.


The upper-level ridge of high pressure will retreat to the west over Texas on Wednesday, and it will stay there through Friday.  This will allow the upper-level winds to come out of the northwest, and that could send a few disturbances toward the Gulf Coast States each day.  Therefore, each day will be partly cloudy with isolated to scattered showers and storms.  It will continue to be hot and humid with highs in the lower to mid 90s.  Each night will be muggy and very warm with lows in the mid 70s.

Weekend Outlook:  More of the same weather is expected over the weekend.  We could have a few disturbances coming toward Louisiana from the Great Plains States Saturday and Sunday along with the sea breeze developing each day.  All of this will give us isolated to scattered showers and storms each day with partly cloudy skies.  Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s and lows in the mid 70s.

Tropical Outlook:  The remnants of Dorian are now just a trough of low pressure located a few hundred miles north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico.  It looks better organized on satellite images today, but it does not have a closed surface circulation.  Surface pressure also remain high.  Conditions appear marginally favorable for regeneration to occur today, but become less favorable on Tuesday.  NHC is giving this system a medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone again in the next 2 days as it moves to the west at 15 to 20 mph.  Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to investigate this system later today, if necessary.


The forecast models show it moving to the west over the Turks and Caicos toward the Bahamas and then to Florida over the next 5 days.  Needless to say, I will keep an eye on it since it would possibly move into the Gulf.  At this time, it is not expected to be a tropical system, IF it enters the Gulf, but this could change.  We will just have to wait and see.

Elsewhere...the rest of the tropics are quiet, and they will stay that way through Tuesday.

Stay cool and have a great day! -Dave

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