Tonight: Any overnight storms should wind down, giving us a bit of a break before another round of showers and storms moves in during the early morning hours. Muggy low temperatures only fall into the upper 60s to mid-70s. Light to moderate winds blowing from the south-southeast.
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Tomorrow (Monday): A slight lull in showers and storms may bring some light to the skies in the mid-morning to mid-afternoon hours, if you’re hoping for dry weather outside. Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s will feel like the mid-90s thanks to dew points around 70 degrees. Storms are likely to increase further Sunday, so take advantage of any dry weather while you can.
One or more lines of severe storms are headed our region, moving from west to east. Many, if not all, of the potential severe storm threats are on the menu. In order of possibility: damaging wind gusts in excess of 57 mph, large hail, flooding rain and even a tornado. See detailed discussion below. Please stay tuned to the weather and check back for updates here and even an additional weather source on Monday.
During the non-stormy afternoon, southerly winds will gust around 30 mph. Overnight, conditions will be slow to calm and showers may continue past midnight. We also need to watch for potential flooding. Low temperatures in the mid-60s to 70s.
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Strong to severe storms Monday
Monday is a day we want you to keep watching for afternoon and evening severe weather. We will experience heat, humidity and instability, which are the components of strength to severe storms, but it is not clear if one or more solid lines of storms will cross the entire region. Depending on what happens, the severe weather may begin in the middle of the afternoon, or in the evening.
Overall, there is about a 60 percent chance of severe storms in the areas highlighted in orange on the map below.
The first and most likely threat from these potentially severe storms is damaging wind gusts of 57 mph, in the areas highlighted in red on the map below.
Major hail potential is next on our severe weather menu. Areas shaded yellow on the map below have at least a 15 percent chance of seeing large, damaging hail.
Unfortunately, we can’t prevent a tornado – the region shaded in green on the map below has about a 2-5 percent chance. On top of all this, the list of threats also includes torrential rains that can cause flash flooding (remember: bend, don’t drown).
We’ll talk more about this tonight in our weekly Sunday Sunset Live Q&A chat. Tune in at 8:37 pm!
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