WEATHER UPDATE
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE MID-SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEKEND. AT THE SAME TIME SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ALLOWING FOR A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW TO RETURN. THIS WILL KEEP DRY AND INCREASINGLY HOT AND JUMID WEATHER OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND 70S. HEAT INDEX VALUES SHOULD RISE TO AROUND 100 BY THE WEEKEND.
THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BREAKS DOWN LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR INCREASING CHANCES FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AMD EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IMPACTS THE AREA.
Gary Pickens-StormTeam7 Forecaster
email: gpickens@wbbjtv.com
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