08/21 – Steve’s Sunday Evening Forecast

Good evening, Coastians!

Tonight, we’re watching three tropical systems. It’s not quite as scary as it sounds.

Tropical Storm Fiona continues to weaken and become more disorganizes as it moves northwestward across the open Atlantic Ocean. Fiona is forecast to become extra-tropical on Monday and, further, a remnant low pressure by Tuesday.

Invest 99-L is to the southeast of Fiona, about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. This system will be inhibited by dry air for the next couple of days, after which improved conditions for formation could take place. We’ll be watching very closely. The formation chance through five days is around 40-percent.

And, finally – Invest 90-L is located just off the west African Coast and emerges into the Atlantic with very favorable conditions for formation into a tropical system. In fact, there’s a 90-percent chance it’ll become a tropical depression in the next couple of days.

Otherwise, after good rain chances area-wide on Tuesday and Wednesday, a drier pattern will emerge over the southeast and we’ll see daytime high temps crawl back up into the lower-90s for most locations late in the week.