Thanks to high pressure, we have clear sunny skies as we wave goodbye to June. Other than some patchy valley fog along some of our waterways overnight, skies stay generally clear till more moisture arrives late Friday. Highs today and Thursday will be in the low 80s. Look for lows in the low 50s/upper 40s tonight & Thursday night. Dewpoints have really bottomed out, in the low 50s. We'll keep this somewhat mild forecast with low humidity until July.
Things will really start to heat up for the holiday weekend. Warm front will approach from the west Friday, providing warmer temps, more humid conditions & chance for showers and a few thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday. Highs will be in the upper 80s Friday, then low to mid 90s Saturday & Sunday. Aside from a brief evening storm, our Saturday weather should hold out.
I like good news as much as the next guy. But the front will stall over our area Sunday into Monday. We'll keep partly to mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers & storms in the forecast for the 4th of July. Hopefully our holiday forecast will clean up over the next 24-48.
Elsewhere...
Tropical Storm Arlene is our first Atlantic storm of the season. With the help of our GOES satellite we can see that she is beginning to show rotation 175 miles east of Tampico, Mexico. She's heading WNW at aprox 7 knots. Estimated minimum pressure is 10.01 millibars. Max sustained winds are at 35 knots with gusts to 45. Forecasters predict winds to increase to 40 knots with gusts to 45 knots in the next 12 hours. However upon making landfall Arelene will weaken considerably. She will bring some much needed rain to northern Mexico & southern Texas.
Things will really start to heat up for the holiday weekend. Warm front will approach from the west Friday, providing warmer temps, more humid conditions & chance for showers and a few thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday. Highs will be in the upper 80s Friday, then low to mid 90s Saturday & Sunday. Aside from a brief evening storm, our Saturday weather should hold out.
I like good news as much as the next guy. But the front will stall over our area Sunday into Monday. We'll keep partly to mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers & storms in the forecast for the 4th of July. Hopefully our holiday forecast will clean up over the next 24-48.
Tropical Storm Arlene is our first Atlantic storm of the season. With the help of our GOES satellite we can see that she is beginning to show rotation 175 miles east of Tampico, Mexico. She's heading WNW at aprox 7 knots. Estimated minimum pressure is 10.01 millibars. Max sustained winds are at 35 knots with gusts to 45. Forecasters predict winds to increase to 40 knots with gusts to 45 knots in the next 12 hours. However upon making landfall Arelene will weaken considerably. She will bring some much needed rain to northern Mexico & southern Texas.
