The Word Is Still DRY

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A fresh breeze out of the east/southeast today has helped to bring in slightly cooler from the east, making for a relatively comfortable day. Also, visibility and air quality is much better today over much of the state.

No real change in our forecast thinking through the weekend. Mostly sunny warm days and fair nights will continue through Memorial Day, with highs mostly in the 80s and lows in the 60s. The Gulf coast looks dry, along with the Great Smoky Mountains. If we were not in the midst of a drought, we could be celebrating some fine Memorial Day weekend weather across the Deep South.

NEXT WEEK: We remain encouraged about the chance of some badly needed rain around here during the latter half of next week. We will introduce the risk of a few isolated showers on Tuesday, then we expect a gradual increase in scattered showers and storms on Wednesday as moisture continues to improve. The wettest day at this time seems to be on Thursday with showers and storms will be likely thanks to a passing cold front supported by a nice upper air trough. Then, drier air slips into the state on Friday June 1.

The GFS does not develop a tropical storm on the 12Z run, but the Southeast Gulf of Mexico looks pretty unsettled late next week into the following weekend.

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I have to make this fairly quick today; I am about to head out to Regions Park, where I will be live at 5:00 and 6:00 from the SEC Baseball Tournament. The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!

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