Active weather pattern continues...Heat advisory remains in effect until 8 PM this evening for our westernmost counties along the Ohio River. However, residual cloud cover will keep temperatures modest today. Humidity will stick around & highs will be in the upper 80s. A few weak disturbances, daytime heating and moist air mass will contribute to upper level instability across the Ohio Valley & Appalachians this afternoon/evening. Scattered late day thunderstorms with potential for damaging winds, lightning & heavy downpours are expected across our area. Skies will stay mostly cloudy overnight. Fog/mist will also sink in. Lows in the mid/upper 60s.
By Wednesday, our frontal boundary will become diffuse and retreat northward. Meanwhile a strong continental tropical high pressure ridge will begin to slide eastward from the Central Plains. Forecast will turn generally dry but still very hot and humid. More widespread heat advisories are definitely in the cards for later this week. A few fragmented pop up storms are also not out of the question. However, chances for real rain look rather slim until sometime Saturday.
Heat and humidity will be the real headlines as we finish out the week. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s. Nights will stay warm, with lows around 70. Heat indices will climb into triple digits Thursday & Friday, especially for everybody west of I 79...Oppressive heat will continue into the weekend for the lowlands. High pressure ridge will gradually erode over the weekend. We'll keep a slight chance for afternoon thunderstorms Saturday Sunday and Monday. Cooler air and better rain chances arrive early next week.
850 millibars map valid Thursday evening, courtesy of Unysis Weather. Oppressive heat wave will stretch well into the northeastern states through the end of the week.
By Wednesday, our frontal boundary will become diffuse and retreat northward. Meanwhile a strong continental tropical high pressure ridge will begin to slide eastward from the Central Plains. Forecast will turn generally dry but still very hot and humid. More widespread heat advisories are definitely in the cards for later this week. A few fragmented pop up storms are also not out of the question. However, chances for real rain look rather slim until sometime Saturday.
Heat and humidity will be the real headlines as we finish out the week. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s. Nights will stay warm, with lows around 70. Heat indices will climb into triple digits Thursday & Friday, especially for everybody west of I 79...Oppressive heat will continue into the weekend for the lowlands. High pressure ridge will gradually erode over the weekend. We'll keep a slight chance for afternoon thunderstorms Saturday Sunday and Monday. Cooler air and better rain chances arrive early next week.
850 millibars map valid Thursday evening, courtesy of Unysis Weather. Oppressive heat wave will stretch well into the northeastern states through the end of the week.
