SUNNY START TO THE WEEK BUT RAIN & STORMS RETURN BY FRIDAY… Sunshine is the story on this Monday but we are looking ahead to the end of the week when we could have rain and storms coming back into our local forecast. Mostly sunny skies are expected on this Monday with high temperatures in the mid-80s across the region. Clear skies are likely overnight with lows in the lower-60s by Tuesday morning. Clouds will begin to increase in coverage by Wednesday ahead of a few showers and thunderstorms becoming possible on Thursday in the afternoon and evening hours. Rain will probably be greatest in coverage locally on Friday this week. Let’s look at all of your Monday forecast details.
20% CHANCE OF TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN CARIBBEAN… The National Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to outline an area in the western Caribbean Sea where an area of low pressure may form later in the week. There is at least some chance that this area of low pressure will become a tropical storm. At this point, it appears that even IF formal development of this system happens, local impacts in the Gulf of Mexico seem unlikely. This is hurricane season and obviously that can change, but the trends continue to look favorable for our area with no impacts from this system expected for now.
SUBTROPICAL STORM EXPECTED TO FORM IN ATLANTIC… There is a high (90+%) chance that a subtropical depression or subtropical storm will form southeast of Bermuda in the open waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean later today or on Tuesday. From NHC: “Showers and thunderstorm activity associated with a non-tropical low pressure system located about 600 miles southeast of Bermuda is poorly organized and displaced well east of the low-level center. Environmental conditions remain conducive for development, and a subtropical depression or storm is very likely to form during the next day or so while the low meanders well to the southeast of Bermuda.”
RAIN & STORMS TO RETURN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY… Locally, an upper-level trough will swing through our region later this week. Most of the major weather models continue to show a surface area of low pressure developing to our west and moving near or across our area on Friday. This means we will have scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms around on Friday. For now, severe weather remains unlikely. Be ready for rain on Friday night if you plan to go to a local high school football game.
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See all the details in your Monday #rzw forecast video. Have a great start to your week!