08/31 – Brantly’s “Less Rain, Still Hot and Humid” Monday Night Forecast

High pressure to the east will continue to extend into the gulf will be nudging northward to bring the ridge axis onshore by Tuesday. This will serve to suppress any showers and storms to just be isolated in coverage Tuesday along with warmer feels-like due to increased humidity.

Wednesday and Thursday should be a continuation of dryness due to high pressure in the region. Rain should be limited to isolated spotty coverage with the afternoon sea breeze. Heading into next weekend, the models continue to struggle with timing a frontal approach with little upper-level support to get it to the lower Gulf States. At this time, it now appears the front may not make it, but get within close enough proximity to aid in providing some increased rain chances.

In the tropics, we are watching four different systems: a tropical wave in the Caribbean, a tropical depression off the U.S. Atlantic coast, and two more tropical waves near the coast of Africa. None of these areas of interest are an immediate threat to the United States, but we will continue to monitor them as we approach the historical peak of hurricane season.