Welcome to the first of many regional forecasts this Summer. It’s been a few years since we’ve done these, but a reminder that these regional outlooks cover a big chunk of the Gulf / Southeast. We are going to try to give you guys a view on eh forecast for any travel plans or vacations you might be taking this Summer. And we will cover the region inside the red box with specific city forecasts for the cities that are starred on the map (a few of which are also in our local area).
While high pressure is the name of the game this weekend, as we move through next week that is going to change. The ridge is going to buckle a bit, and then we flip the pattern on its head. That means a change – for some folks – from dry to wet. And for others it simply means from mild to hot.
The composite maps below do a good job at showing how the subtle change in the mid-levels is doing a big number to our weather across the region.
Notice how a good part of the area is under the orangish color on the map on the left. And then on the right, only part of region is anymore.
That moves us from warmer than normal and drier (below, left) to closer to normal temperatures for some, but still warmer than normal for others (below, right).
The shift if aprtly due to the surge of Gulf moisture ahead of the front and then the showers and storms that the front will produce starting on Tuesday/Wednesday of this week… that stick around through the weekend and maybe into next week…