Summer-like pattern...
>> Wednesday, June 02, 2010
We have settled into a summer-like pattern around our region with warm and humid conditions and daily chances of scattered showers and storms....especially during the afternoon and evening hours. This general pattern will persist right through the weekend as well.
Highs today will be in the mid 80s, then look for upper 80s tomorrow with highs approaching 90 Friday through the weekend.
Another feature of our current pattern is the potential for big complexes of storms, called MCS's, to develop over the Midwest and drop southeastward in our direction. This will be a possibility, especially Friday and the weekend. As I am typing this morning, there is a big MCS impacting Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and we have to be wary of one of those dropping in bring a windy band of storms racing through.
Here is a radar snapshot of this morning's activity in the Midwest....
It appears there is at least some chance of slightly cooler, drier air briefly settling in here early next work week.
6 comments:
call me crazy but i hope that direr and cooler weather dont last too long but this time of year it wont and that is why i love summer.
Jon
Haha....I hear ya, Jon. "Cooler" is a relative term....we are still talking 80s.
Hey matthew im going down to the beach this coming weekend (fri-sun)(oak island NC) so how does the beach forecast look. also i love the MCS just love the lighting at night real beautiful hope to see some storms down there. what do you think.
THank you- Nic
Nic....you are kind in the same boat there this weekend as the Piedmont. Some scattered storms with the potential for an MCS to approach from the northwest.
Matthew quick weather question. Hopefully it doesn't sound to dumb. But can heavy rain like we have seen today and the past few days, make rain and storm chances the next day higher? It seems that these storms have formed in the same area's over and over again I was just wondering if there was a coloration between the two.
Not dumb at all. When you get areas of heavy rain like we have seen, certainly that contributes to the amount of humidity in the air that is available for future development the following couple of days. Also, extreme differences in moisture can cause small-scale boundaries to develop, which can aid or enhance potential shower and storm development.
So, while it doesn't by itself make for more rain the following day, it does aid in providing a couple of the necessary ingredients...
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