It’s feeling as sizzling as 100 levels within the area with elevated warmth and humidity having arrived behind a heat entrance. Some clouds, and breezes ought to proceed a bit longer towards sundown. Whereas our fundamental extreme storm menace is Sunday afternoon and night, we are able to’t rule out a extreme storm or two trickling into the world from the northwest late this night and into pre-dawn hours.
PM Update: Severe storm or two possible into tonight with higher chances Sunday afternoon and evening
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By Tonight: Principally cloudy, very humid, with document heat mid-70s to close 80-degree low temperatures potential. An opportunity of showers and storms ought to deal with primarily night and in a single day hours. Weaker showers and storms might proceed towards dawn however be extra spotty.
If a pair storms flip extreme — with damaging wind gusts the probably menace — it’s geographically extra probably for factors north of city and earlier than midnight. Dampened spots might even see some patchy fog close to dawn.
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Tomorrow (Sunday): The mixture of warmth and humidity probably creates warmth index values round 105 levels. Take it straightforward, search shade and air con if in any respect potential. After slight bathe and storm probabilities within the morning, our consideration turns towards probably, quite a few storms creating after 2 p.m. Some might flip extreme with damaging wind gusts over 57 mph, as a potent chilly entrance approaches. Thermometer temperatures prime out inside a couple of levels of 95.
Night extreme climate threats lower with time however we could must regulate issues till round midnight, particularly for areas south and east of city. Pre-dawn breezes from the northwest slowly decrease humidity, additionally serving to temperatures cool to close 60 to mid-60s.
Weekend extreme storm probabilities: Larger likelihood Sunday
A chilly entrance arriving Sunday evening delivers a pleasant begin to our workweek. Forward of it, we might even see extreme storms tonight and Sunday. Let’s chronologically, first evaluation the “marginal” (1 out of 5) general extreme storm likelihood into tonight:
· What: Remnants of a damaged squall line
· Timing: Mid-evening to round midnight
· Threats so as of probability: Damaging wind gusts over 57 mph; one or two flooding downpours; one or two weak, temporary tornadoes
· Geography: North of city favored drawback zone; squall line(s) of storms drifts from our northwest to southeast and will fade with time
Subsequent, Sunday have a “slight” (2 out of 5) general extreme storm likelihood:
· What: Chilly front-induced line or two of storms
· Timing: Midafternoon till not less than late night
· Threats so as of probability: Damaging wind gusts over 57 mph; one or two flooding downpours; one or two weak, temporary tornadoes; a report or two of huge hail
· Geography: Many of the area, maybe barely favored alongside and east of I-95
