Evansville Weather Update: May 25, 2014

Today was a pretty nice day. Other than a few showers in the morning hours over Southwest Indiana, the day was pretty nice. High of 81° at Evansville Regional today as well as here at my station here at the house. It will be more muggy tomorrow and with that comes a chance of scattered showers and storms. If you don't see rain tomorrow, than the sky will be partly sunny with a warm high in the mid 80s. Be aware of brief heavy rain and perhaps some small hail with the stronger cells. Tuesday the upper low will be closer to the area, so I think the chance for scattered showers and storms will be just a bit higher. Highs once again will be in the mid to upper 80s. Wednesday we will continue with the summer-like pattern. The air will be humid, and once again there will be a chance of showers and storms. Highs will top once again in the mid 80s, about 5 degrees above the average for this time of year. I haven't mentioned it yet, but overnight temps look to be remain mild with low temps in the middle 60s throughout the week. For our region, I think the best chance for thunderstorm activity will be going into Thursday/Friday as a front approaches the area from the north. Going to have to look out for severe with this, so stay weather aware for those days. Both days will be soupy, with perhaps some cooler/less humid air for the day Friday. Highs on both days will probably in the mid 80s. The front, according to the GFS, will stall just southwest of the area for next weekend. So, that would mean main storm action will be southwest of us. Going to have to wait a couple days to iron out the details. If that would be correct, then next weekend would be a little cooler with highs in the low to mid 80s and less humid, dry conditons. We shall see. Looking past that, the GFS has been consistent in the idea that a rather potent cold front will arrive in the June 3-4 timeframe with an associated deep low pressure system shooting through the Great Lakes. If that solution would be correct, then the chance for severe thunderstorms will be amplified during that time. Not saying it's 100% going to happen, but it needs to be monitored. Once that would shoot through, much cooler air will infiltrate with highs dropping back into the 70s. Of course, that's looking long term. Thanks for reading today's blog!