05/03 – Brantly’s “Muggy” Monday Forecast

Daytime heating with highs forecast to be in the mid to upper 80s should be enough to fire up some isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon. The next significant round of storms comes into the area Tuesday. As a front approaches the local area, it is expected to slow down and stall out. With plenty of moisture in place, and the stalling boundary draped across the local area, there’s a fairly good chance that most places will see at least some rain. There’s about a 70 percent chance of rain Tuesday across the area, mainly for the late afternoon and evening.

The weather on Wednesday will depend greatly on exactly where that stalled front ends up. Right now, there’s about a 60 percent chance of rain. By Thursday, the front should be moving into the Gulf as a quick-moving system pushes a reinforcing front through the area. Behind this front, much drier air and high pressure will settle into the area through at least the first part of the weekend.

That high pressure system should keep skies mostly clear to partly cloudy, allowing afternoon highs to rise into the low to mid 80s Friday and Saturday, though thankfully the relative humidity should keep things feeling pleasant. The real difference will be in the overnight lows. The drier air combined with those mostly clear skies will allow morning lows to drop into the 50s across northern areas and into the lower 60s across southern areas.