Increasing Heat And Humidity Levels Ahead

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The radar is still fairly quiet as I write this at 2:00 p.m. Looks like most places will see a high somewhere between 88 and 92 today; that should be enough to get showers and storms going in scattered locations during the next five hours or so. Nope, it won't rain everywhere, but at least a few lawns will see a nice shower.

TOMORROW AND BEYOND: An upper air higb builds overhead during the rest of the week, which should mean increasing heat, and a decrase in the number of afternoon showers and storms. Looks for mid 90s Wednesday through Friday with only an outside risk of any one spot getting wet.

WEEKEND PEEK: The upper ridge will begin to shift west of Alabama over the weekend, which should mean an increase in afternoon showers and storms, especially by Sunday and Monday of next week.

LONG RANGE: Pretty routine weather is shown by the GFS for the rest of July, with rainfall and temperatures close to normal for ths time of the year.

TROPICS: Surface development is not likely in the disturbance north of Puerto Rico... and, we will continue to watch another wave in the Atlantic about 800 miles east of the Windward Islands. This wave continue to move streadily to the west, and might have some potential for development once it reaches the Caribbean in a few days.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: Hurricane Dennis slammed into the Florida panhandle east of Pansacola Beach, and a little west of Navarre Beach. The tropical action last year was almost non-stop through October after the arrival of Dennis.

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