Twin States Weather Blog

Unsettled Week Ahead...

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* Our weather this week will be unsettled. We'll be dealing with several storm systems over the next 7 days, but it appears that the heaviest rain/strongest storms will go north of us. No complaints here!

* Storm 1: This one isn't necessarily a storm, but rather a weak front that will stall across the Deep South. This front will serve as the focus for shower and thunderstorm development tomorrow. We don't expect a wash-out, but a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm are possible tomorrow. This front will stay draped across Mississippi and Alabama Wednesday and Thursday, leaving rain chances in our forecast. Again, not a wash-out.

* Storm 2: By late Thursday, an area of low pressure will be moving through the Central Plains. This will have a trailing cold front, which will slice towards the Southeast. Rain and a few thunderstorms are likely as this front approaches Friday. The showers could linger into early Saturday, but at this time we'll be optimistic and forecast a mostly dry weekend. Stay tuned - this is a highly changeable forecast.

* Storm 3: Yet another area of low pressure will form in Texas late Sunday. This will begin moving eastward along the I-40 corridor, and will bring rain chances with it as well. Showers could fall as early as Sunday afternoon or evening, but we expect most of the rain with this feature to come during the day Monday. The upper level wind fields do not look terribly impressive for any severe weather chances at this time. But, as we all know, forecasting the precise details of a system a week away can be murky...We'll be watching.

* A busy day is ahead: I have to prepare the forecast products (internet, TV graphics, etc.), then do the weather on the news at 5pm and 6pm. Then, at 7pm, I'll be doing a storm spotting presentation for LEMA highlighting the difficulty of spotting storms in the Southeast. This is a topic I'm quite familiar with, having chased storms in the South since I received a driver's license. All of that chasing, and I still haven't seen a tornado....Some lousy storm chaser I am!

posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 12:30 PM