MOSTLY DRY THROUGH SATURDAY; STORMS RETURN SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK… Scattered showers and thunderstorms will return to our daily forecast next week. Before we get there, we have a hot, mostly dry Friday and Saturday on tap. High temperatures will be in the mid- to upper-90s today and tomorrow with heat index values potentially in the 100-105° range. There could be a few rogue showers and thunderstorms today, but I expect most locales to remain dry. A few showers happened across parts of Okaloosa County yesterday, but pretty much everyone else across the region was dry. We’ll have more showers and storms like that today (maybe not in the same areas) but likely very isolated in nature. That will be the trend again on Saturday ahead of higher rain chances on Sunday into Monday. The good news is the tropics are currently quiet. Let’s look at all of your weekend forecast details.
HIGH RAIN CHANCES BY MIDWEEK… Next week looks increasingly unsettled with a high chance of P.M. showers and thunderstorms each day. I do not see any signals that suggest any type of organized severe weather threat, but I do see the potential for scattered pop-up thunderstorms each day that will be capable of producing heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds in the stronger storms. High temperatures will consistently be around 90 degrees each day next week with morning lows near 70.
TROPICS QUIET FOR NOW… The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean remain without any areas of concern that have a potential of becoming a tropical storm over the next 3-5 days, per the latest guidance from the National Hurricane Center. Activity will likely pick up as we get into the latter part of August.
VERY ACTIVE PEAK OF HURRICANE SEASON AHEAD… NOAA is now projecting a “hyperactive” hurricane season with 19-25 named storms, 7-11 hurricanes, and 3-6 major hurricanes. The season has early indications of being similar to the 1995, 2005, and 2010 seasons that were all quite active. If you missed my detailed writeup about this last evening, here it is.
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See all the details in your Friday #rzw forecast video… Have a great weekend!