Tracking Tropical Development in the Caribbean Sea

Weather Update – 10:45 p.m. – Wednesday

After a hot afternoon with highs near 90°F it’ll still be a mild night. Under partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, temperatures will drop to the middle 60s. Dry weather continues tomorrow but the weekend looks wet! Expect another mainly dry day tomorrow with temperatures just a little bit warmer than they were today! Under mostly sunny skies, we will reach the lower 90s and it’ll only take 15 minutes or less to get a sunburn if you’re not wearing sunscreen, so be safe! Humid conditions will make temperatures feel like they’re in the lower to middle 90s at the warmest point of the day.

The National Hurricane Center has given the eastern Gulf of Mexico a 70% chance for tropical cyclone development in the next 5 days. This Memorial Day weekend, we could be under the influence of the first named storm of the 2018 Hurricane Season.

If “Alberto” ends up developing, West Tennessee could be in for a wet weekend! This storm is still in the early stages of development, so where it actually moves is still to be determined! Tune in to WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News for the latest forecast and keep up with Storm Team Weather online too for more updates!

Tom Meiners
Storm Team 7 Chief Meteorologist, CBM
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