Rain will happen at some point between today and Thursday. Flooding rain will be possible. Damaging thunderstorms will be possible but unlikely. Then, a drier pattern is expected Friday into the weekend with possibly lower humidity and cooler mornings. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season for this year. They say that it will likely be an above-normal amount of storms due to an ongoing La Nina pattern as well as warmer than normal sea surface temperatures. Compared to last year: this would be similar or fewer named storms, similar or more hurricanes, and similar or more major hurricanes.
Updated: 4 hours ago
Wesley Williams
Meteorologist
Rain will happen at some point between today and Thursday. Flooding rain will be possible. Damaging thunderstorms will be possible but unlikely. Then, a drier pattern is expected Friday into the weekend with possibly lower humidity and cooler mornings. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season for this year. They say that it will likely be an above-normal amount of storms due to an ongoing La Nina pattern as well as warmer than normal sea surface temperatures. Compared to last year: this would be similar or fewer named storms, similar or more hurricanes, and similar or more major hurricanes.
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