Our weather has simmered down to a more palatable pattern with respect to rain chances, and intensity of the afternoon storms. An extension of the Bermuda ridge of high pressure has pushed all the wet and nasty weather back into Texas where there continues to be major flooding problems. For us expect more typical summer heat and humidity with the risk of scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. This pattern will stay with us into the weekend with a bump in the rain chances possible for late in the weekend into early next week as a weakening frontal trough approaches. Rain chance could go down while temperatures climb into the mid-90s for mid-next week. So the 4th is looking hot!
The tropics remain quite, but as I alluded to several weeks ago, the pattern has indeed opened up for tropical waves to enter the Gulf. This pattern will be set for the next several weeks, but eventually we won’t be dealing with just “waves”. Right now though there are two waves of some interest. One located near the Yucatan Peninsula and one mainly associated with an upper low over the Bahamas. Some moisture from the wave in the Yucatan may try to squeeze up here for Friday, so we may see a slightly better chance of afternoon storms then.