5/30 – Payton’s Wednesday Morning Forecast

Heavy showers and thunderstorms early this morning dumped  upwards of 4 inches in Jackson County.Expect these storms to continue through the morning hours. There may be some more afternoon showers and storms across the area today. This should be the last day of higher moisture content in the  atmosphere for these storms to easily develop in the afternoon. High pressure will start to build in from the west as we go into Thursday, and this ridging will suppress afternoon convection and also push temperatures up into the lower 90s over the next few days. It will be hot for the back half of the week and
into the weekend. Daytime highs should easily climb into the
middle to possibly mid 90s and heat index values will reach into
the lower 100s. The ridge starts to break down on Sunday and rain
chances should increase for Sunday into Monday as a boundary moves
through the region. Relatively dry air aloft could result in some
stronger winds accompanying any of the deeper convective cells
that form. High pressure builds back into the region early next
week and temperatures will still remain in the low to mid 90s.