09/01 – Brantly’s “Hot” Tuesday Afternoon Forecast

High temperatures will be in the lower to mid 90s for the next several days, but it will feel much hotter. High pressure over the eastern Gulf of Mexico continues to send warm, humid air into South Mississippi. Heat index values of 108 to 112 can be expected each afternoon through the middle of the week. Rain chances remain low at only 20 percent or less through Thursday.

In the tropics, we now have Tropical Storm Nana, which is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall in Belize in a couple days. It is not expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression 15 off the coast of North Carolina continues to move away from land as it heads into the open Atlantic. It poses no threat to land.

In the Atlantic near the west coast of Africa, the National Hurricane Center is watching two areas of interest. One has a low chance (20 percent) and the other has a medium chance (50 percent) of becoming a tropical depression within the next 5 days.