WEDNESDAY WEATHER: We’re closing out the month of September rather hot, but it will feel pretty comfortable thanks to relatively low humidity levels. We’re going to top out around 84 degrees today under sunny skies before dropping to about 61 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will be a little warmer, topping out around 86 degrees.
THE WEEKEND: It is looking more and more like we’ll see meaningful rainfall this weekend. Rain chances will begin to increase Friday afternoon, and rain will remain likely Saturday and Sunday, with some thunderstorms possible along the way, too. What does that mean for Friday night football games (including Scott High’s homecoming)? It’s too soon to tell. Some models show much better coverage of rain showers Friday evening than others. But all models indicate moderate rainfall across the weekend as a whole, with heavy rains relatively close by (though missing us). As for temperatures, we’ll go from the mid 80s on Friday to the mid 70s Saturday and Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: We’ll start next week with plenty of sunshine and daytime temperatures in the low 70s. We might struggle to get out of the 60s on Monday, before dropping into the 40s Monday night. We’ll see temperatures rebound through the 70s next week, with dry and sunny weather, before another cold front around next weekend. The American global model is back on board with a major cooldown that would bring us high temperatures only in the 50s or perhaps the 60s for a day or two. Its European counterpart is showing considerably warmer temperatures. There’s plenty of time to watch this one evolve.
As a general rule, the weather pattern for the next couple of weeks will be for heat to build west of the Rockies, with near normal temperatures in the East and wet weather across the Gulf Coast region — a pretty typical early fall strong El Nino pattern.
TROPICAL WATCH: Tropical Storm Hannah continues to move northeast in the Atlantic high seas but will soon weaken to a tropical depression and is not a threat to the U.S. Fay is now post-tropical and will continue to weaken. Otherwise, tropical storms are not expected for the next seven days as a quiet hurricane season continues to unfold.
