Latest on Severe Weather Threat This Evening - 90 degree Heat Possible Later This Week!

Good afternoon! If you haven't noticed, the warm and muggy air has arrived, and is here to stay for quite a while. Our weather this week will feel like late June & early July!

As is often the case during summer, we have a chance of thunderstorms, especially later this evening, and again tomorrow afternoon. I want to "emphasize" that there will be much more dry weather than wet, and a few days later this week may stay completely dry, with hot weather taking over. Someone will hit 90 degrees before the week is done.

Severe weather possible later today, through the evening: Pretty nice out so far. The only rain and thunder on radar is in northern Indiana, with the rest of the area dealing with warm temps and a tropical like air mass. However, the atmosphere is becoming unstable, and there is a decent chances of a strong line of thunderstorms this evening. The SPC has already said that a watch may be needed for the circled are from about north-central Indiana southward:

The timeline for severe storms looks to be 4pm-8pm. My facebook page is the place to go when severe weather is pending. Here is the link to go "like" my page: http://www.facebook.com/Nathanlovesweather4

Tuesday will be another warm, sticky day outside, along with another chance for storms. It will not be a washout of a day, with the best chance of storms once again during the afternoon and evening. There is not officially a severe weather risk yet, but that could change. They did issue a statement for the Ohio Valley tomorrow.... ...MID MS/LOWER OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...

   ONE OR TWO SHORT WAVE IMPULSES EMBEDDED WITHIN 30-40+ KT WESTERLY
   MID-LEVEL FLOW COULD HELP FOCUS AREAS WITH AT LEAST A LOCALIZED
   STRONG/SEVERE STORM THREAT ON TUESDAY.  HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE
   UNCERTAINTY REMAINS...DUE IN PART TO THE TENDENCY FOR AT LEAST WEAK
   LARGER-SCALE MID-LEVEL HEIGHT RISES...AND EARLY DAY CONVECTIVE CLOUD
   COVER WHICH MAY STRONGLY RESTRICT BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION.

For Wednesday-Friday, any storms will be very isolated, with some areas staying completely dry all together. With more sunshine, temperatures will be downright hot. Temps these days will range between 85-90, and heat indices could reach the lower 90's. Yup, welcome to summer! :) 

The warm temps should hang on for the weekend, but storm chances will gradually go up.


STORMS DEVELOPING ON RADAR: Before I go, I want to give you a radar update. As of 2:30, a line of showers and storms across east-central Illinois appears to be getting a bit more intense as it moves towards Indiana. A few cells have also just popped up near Terre Haute and Lafayette. It could be a stormy evening, so stay tuned to facebook! Here is a look at radar....

Stay tuned, and have a great rest of your day.