8/1 – Brittany’s “Muggy” Monday Afternoon Forecast

Thunderstorm activity will taper off after sunset, then lingering debris clouds and VFR conditions expected overnight. Winds will be variable in and around storms, then light southerly winds will prevail overnight. Another round of afternoon and evening thunderstorms is expected on Tuesday. Over the short term period a wetter period will begin today as general troughing moves into area allowing for more convective development. Seabreezes and landbreezes will add to the rain chances and the possibility for higher precipitation rain showers to develop. With precipitable water values well above 2 inches, some of these showers and thunderstorms could produce heavy rainfall and lead to some street flooding. Because of this, a marginal risk of excessive rainfall is outlooked for the area each day with the possibility that it may need to be revisited and increased, especially for tomorrow.

Thursday through Sunday, continued high rain chances are on tap for Thursday and Friday as the pattern remains generally unchanged. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to have high precipitable water values to work with allowing for very efficent rainfall producing convection to continue across the area. By the weekend, those PW values will start to moderate some back into more climatological normal values for our area. That said, while the chances may be somewhat lower, the possibility for continued high precipitation storms will be possible leading to a week where rainfall amounts could become rather excessive and will need to be monitored closely.