Friday, July 6, 2012

Chances Of Showers And Thunderstorms Again....

Well folks I hope many of you have power restored, or will soon with some reports of power still out in some parts of the region.  Numerous reports of wind damage across the area as storms slowly moved through the East Tennessee yesterday.

NWS Local Storm Reports wind reports in blue and hail in green
This morning we started off with some fog across the region.  I do expect there to be more showers and thunderstorms today.  These will be triggered by another upper level disturbance that will swing through the area.  Another hot one today with highs in the mid to upper 90s.  Saturday expect shower and thunderstorm chances mainly in the higher terrain with highs in the mid to upper 90s.  The big story here will be the high heat indices, so drink plenty of water and limit time outdoors.

The next big story will be the major change in the pattern across the Eastern US.  This will begin changing Sunday with highs expected to be in the upper 80s to lower 90s as a trough begins to setup over the Eastern US.  This also means chances of precipitation will increase early this next week as a frontal boundary begins to move south slowly across the area.  This will bring some much needed rain.  Also the temperatures will get back closer to normal for this time of year with highs in the mid to upper 80s depending on cloud cover.

HPC 48-HR Rainfall Totals for 8AM EDT Monday to 8AM EDT Wednesday

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