More warmth with scattered storms...big change next week...

We had a pretty good coverage of scattered storms yesterday across the region, and I expect more scattered storms today and through the weekend. Highs will mainly be in the lower 90s...maybe some mid 90s in spots today.

The deal with these storms is that any of them are fair game to produce lots of lightning and locally heavy rain, and like we saw yesterday, some storms will produce some damaging winds and hail too. The steering currents today remain very weak, so there will not be a lot of movement with the storms...meaning some localized flash flooding issues could arise.

Next week...

A big weather change is set to unfold for next work week, and I don't think many folks will complain. A nice trough will set up along the eastern seaboard by Tuesday, and that will allow significantly cooler, drier air to plunge into the region. Highs will drop into the 80s Monday through Wednesday, and lows will dip into the lower 60s (even some upper 50s possible) with low levels of humidity.

Tropics...

Still watching the area of disturbed weather near the Bahamas. The overall chances of this becoming a classified system are small, and even if it does, it will likely get swept out into the Atlantic by early next week.

Baseball...

My Mississippi State Bulldogs have made it to the Super Regional round (Sweet 16 basically) of the NCAA Tournament. They will play Florida in a best-of-3 series in Gainesville for the right to a trip to the College World Series. Game 1 is a noon Eastern today. Go State!