Increasing shower and storm chances...

Warm and humid conditions are continuing today around our region, and most highs outside of the mountains should reach the lower 90s this afternoon. Through a good chunk of the day, the best shower and storm chances will be in the mountains and foothills, but late this afternoon into this evening, the scattered showers and storms will likely slide into portions of the Piedmont.

Tomorrow looks unsettled with good shower and storm chances. An upper level disturbance will interact with this very muggy airmass, and the result should be a good coverage of showers and storms.

A few showers and storms will remain possible Thursday with mainly dry conditions Friday. Over the weekend, another disturbance will approach and bring the chance of some showers and storms.

There continue to be good indications of some troughiness near the eastern seaboard by early next week, and the result would likely be some cooler temps and some chance of some showers and storms.

Tropics...

The remnant low of Tropical Depression 5 was very close to getting re-classified as a tropical depression yesterday, but that opportunity has come to an end as the system is moving into Louisiana. More heavy rain is likely over the next several days in much of Louisiana and Mississippi into parts of Alabama.

I feel we are right on the cusp of tropical activity picking up. I think we will see the African wave train come to life later this week, and there are plenty of indications that we will begin to see organized tropical systems out in the Atlantic over the next couple of weeks.