09/25 Ryan’s “Cold Front” Wednesday Morning Forecast

Today won't start all that different from the last couple of days, but more clouds and rain move in along with a cold front later.

This morning won’t be wildly different from the last few mornings, but an approaching cold front is bringing a bit more cloud cover, humidity, and eventually some thunderstorms. We’re already seeing some of that shower activity in the Pine Belt just north of the area, but it’ll creep closer throughout the day bringing in those spotty showers and thunderstorms I mentioned earlier. It’ll eventually be pulled into Helene as it makes landfall to the east of us, bringing about an initially cloudy and windy Thursday.

Despite that front, it won’t feel all that different from the last few days. We’ll see more cloud cover throughout the day and those showers, but this morning was only a degree or so warmer thanks to that cloud cover and broad southerly flow. This afternoon will still be slightly hotter than it should be, with an expected high near 88, on par with yesterday’s high despite the added cloud cover and few showers. Right as cooler, drier air would rush into the area behind the front, Helene moves in to the east of us, bringing wraparound winds and a cloudy start to your Thursday, but it should clear quickly ushering in that fall like weather for the end of the week I’ve been touting.

Tropics: There are a couple of disturbances in the middle of the Atlantic, one likely to become “Isaac” soon, though a South MS landfall (or any landfall potentially) is not expected. Helene is likely to be a hurricane by the next update, and will rapidly intensify through tomorrow ahead of its ~7 PM landfall near Tallahassee.