WEATHER UPDATE
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL EXTEND EAST ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR MAINLY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. HIGHS WILL REACH INTO THE MID 90S IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN AS NORTHWEST FLOW USHERS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH A RETURN TO SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL AGAIN BUILD INTO THE MID-SOUTH FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL SUPPORT REDUCED STORM CHANCES ALONG WITH INCREASINGLY HOT TEMPERATURES. HIGHS SHOULD REBOUND INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
Gary Pickens-StormTeam 7 Forecaster
email: gpickens@wbbjtv.com
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