05/03 – Brantly’s “Warm Week Ahead” Sunday Forecast

Overnight lows will be in the upper 50s on the coast under clear skies. Monday’s highs lift to a range from 85 to 90 north of I-10 while the more southerly flow over the coast favors keeping highs along the coast at a lower range 80 to 84.

A dry pattern will continue across our forecast area Monday night and Tuesday. A weak surface ridge of high pressure will nose westward across the FL peninsula and central Gulf through Tuesday, while a weak cold front gradually moves into central portions of Mississippi and Alabama by Tuesday afternoon.Mostly clear to partly cloudy conditions will persist Monday night and Tuesday with the chance of rain near zero. Patchy fog development still looks possible again late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, mainly across interior areas along and north of the I-10 corridor. Lows Monday night should be near to slightly above seasonal norms in the lower 60s inland and in the mid to upper 60s near the coast. Highs Tuesday afternoon should warm into the upper 80s to around 90 degrees over interior locations and in the lower 80s near the immediate coast.

The surface cold front should continue to push southward across our area Tuesday evening into late Tuesday night. A narrow zone of moisture and ascent along the front may result in the development of a few rain showers and possibly a thunderstorm across South Mississippi Tuesday evening into late Tuesday night. This forecast will keep a slight chance (~20%) of rain in the forecast with a dry forecast over southern and eastern portions of the area to the southeast of this line on Tuesday night. Rainfall amounts if any should be quite light. Clouds should be on the decrease into Wednesday morning, with mostly clear skies anticipated Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night as a drier airmass spreads into the region. Highs Wednesday should be a little cooler in the lower to mid 80s across the region. Lows by Wednesday night will be below normal in the lower to mid 50s inland and in the upper 50s to lower 60s near the immediate coast and the beaches.