Warm With A Few Storms Again Today

Today's Forecast: We will continue to be warm and humid today with another chance for a few showers and storms this afternoon. Once we start to warm up, the heating of the day will help to set off the storms from late-morning until the evening hours - very similar to what we see in the Summer. Any storm could produce heavy rain and some street flooding issues. High temperatures will be in the lower 80s. Tonight will be partly cloudy, mild and muggy with patchy fog. Lows will be in the mid 60s.

Thursday and Friday will be just like today - partly cloudy warm and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 80s. Lows will be in the mid 60s on both sides of the lake.

The weather will change as we head into the weekend. A cold front will move toward us on Saturday. We will see spotty showers and storms ahead of it. Right now, the day will not be a washout, but keep rain in your plans. Some of the storms later in the day could be strong with gusty winds and heavy rain. High temperatures will be in the lower to mid 80s.

The cold front will move through on Saturday Night into early on Sunday Morning with more spotty showers and storms. Lows will be in the lower 60s.

Sunday will become a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine by mid-morning. It will be a cooler, breezy and less humid day with highs in the lower 70s.

Tropical Update: I know it is not hurricane season yet, but we can still get some activity in the tropics before the season starts. Right now, we have Invest 91 out in the Central Atlantic. It is better organized and could become a hybrid tropical system, or a subtropical depression later today. Winds are near 40 mph and it does have a good circulation. NHC could start issuing advisories on it later today. This system is forecast to stay in the North-Central Atlantic and is NOT a threat to the Gulf of Mexico.

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