LOCAL WEATHER: Pretty nice day today. At 2 PM, the temperature at Evansville Regional was 80F with a dewpoint of 63F. Relatively low humidity, along with a mix of sun and clouds, makes this a great day to go outside. For the rest of the day, I'm expecting the partly cloudy skies to continue the rest of the day with a gradual increasing of clouds later this evening, with temperatures falling through the 70s. At 19z today, a shortwave trough was located through central Missouri, along with showers and even a few severe thunderstorms just west of Jonesboro, Ark. This will rotate through the flow and head east, giving the Lower Ohio Valley a chance of showers late tonight into tomorrow. Not expecting a lot of precipiation with this thing, but the best chance for showers/storms tonight will be along and south of the Ohio River. Generally less than 0.25" rain is forecasted. No severe weather is expected. Low temperatures tonight will range from 62 to 66 degrees. Friday we will see a gradual decreasing of the cloud cover, as the surface front and shortwave pass to the east. By afternoon, we should be mostly sunny. High temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80F, with even lower humidity. Should be an absolutely fantastic day weather-wise. Dewpoints will fall to near 50F by late afternoon, so pretty dry air for mid June (we will take it!). Saturday AM is forecasted to be the coolest morning since May 19th. Expecting low temperatures on Saturday to be in the lower 50s, as the 1020MB surface high pressure will be parked on top of the area. It will be quite the refreshing morning. Through the day Saturday, the low humidity and sunshine will continue. Highs once again will be near 80F. Fantastic conditions. On Sunday, there will be a surface cold front well to the west in Central MO. It's forecasted to stall out and I don't think it will make it here into the region, so precipitation chances will be slim to none. Also on Sunday, an upper high (featured below) will develop over the southeastern US and thus our heat levels will rise. Upper 80's seem like a good bet for Sunday, with the skies remaining mostly sunny. We still have not yet officially hit 90F at EVV this year.
TROPICAL ATLANTIC: The tropics remain quiet at least in the Atlantic basin. There is no tropical cyclone formation expected in the next 48 hours.
THE EAST PAC: The Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season is in full swing. Our 3rd named storm of the year, Cristina, has developed into a CAT 4 Hurricane undergoing rapid intensification last night. Also this is the 2nd major hurricane of the EAST PAC this season along with Amanda, a record for this early in the season.
For more information on Hurricane Cristina go to http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?epac
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