08/01 Ryan’s “August 1st” Tuesday Forecast

Welcome to August everyone, traditionally one of the hottest months in South MS and one of the most active in regards to the tropics. Today was nearly perfect though. Record low moisture levels and a high of only 90 along the coast. A strong “capping” inversion kept any rain from forming, but we’ll begin to see changes to this pleasant pattern as early as tomorrow. Expect the humidity to begin rising little-by-little through tomorrow, and a developing front will move North out of the Gulf by Thursday morning. This boundary will linger over the coastline, and will cause several days of likely showers, thunderstorms, and deep cloud cover. Expect the rain to linger from Thursday morning into Sunday afternoon, but we’ll begin seeing clearing as drier air begins to move in to start next week.

Emily has been downgraded to a post tropical low and will continue moving NE into the open Atlantic, but will not re-form in a significant way. Otherwise, a tropical wave with a 20% chance of forming into a tropical system over the next 5 days will continue making its way West.