SCATTERED P.M. STORMS TODAY; TWO TROPICAL WAVES IN ATLANTIC… Thunderstorms are likely to pop up across the region on this Wednesday, particularly in the afternoon and evening hours. High temperatures will be near 90 by 3PM. The storms today will be the pulse variety, pop-up storms that develop quickly with very little notice. Widespread severe weather is not expected today or in any of the next 7 days. We are monitoring two tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean, both of which have at least some potential of becoming tropical storms over the next few days. All of the details are below.
LOCALLY, MORE OF THE SAME: POP-UP STORMS… No changes to report in the forecast reasoning or thinking. High temperatures will be near the 90 degree mark with morning lows near 70 over the next few days. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to be possible each day over the next 7 days, mostly in the afternoon and evening hours.
FOURTH OF JULY FORECAST… If you guessed pop-up showers and storms with highs in the 90s for the weekend of the 4th of July, you guessed correctly! Unfortunately, there is no real way to know exactly where storms will fire up this weekend or on Monday (the 5th) when the holiday will be observed. I will have radar updates posted throughout the weekend as needed in the RedZone Weather app.
WEAK TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING LESSER ANTILLES… A tropical wave approaching Barbados and the Lesser Antilles has lowering odds of developing into a tropical storm as it continues to move west. This is good news for the Antilles. From NHC: “Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue in association with a tropical wave located over the tropical Atlantic about 650 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Some slow development of this disturbance is possible later this week while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 20 to 25 mph, likely reaching the Lesser Antilles by Wednesday night. Regardless of development, this system could bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.”
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE IN CENTRAL ATLANTIC… Several hundred miles “behind” or east of the leading tropical wave, another tropical disturbance has increased in organization over the last 12 hours and could become a tropical storm as it moves westward. From NHC: “Shower activity associated with a tropical wave located about 900 miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to show signs of organization. Additional development of this system is possible during the next several days as it moves generally west-northwestward at about 20 mph.”
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See all the details in your Wednesday #rzw forecast video. Have a great day!