Heat Wave Begins this Weekend

• Sunny and hot afternoon
• Dry with minimal rain chances
• The first 90-degree day of the year coming this weekend
• Heat Wave next week
• Likely will see Ana form in the Atlantic late Friday/early Saturday

Clear skies to start the day. Highs will reach the mid-80s as high pressure continues to build into the area. Abnormally dry conditions stretching further across the WCCB viewing area. Rainfall totals are more than 1/2″ below average for the month and 2″ since April. With little to no rain chances until late next week, we will likely see drought conditions return to the area for the first time since late 2019.

Temps will reach the low 90s this weekend as a heatwave settles into the area. Well above average highs will build next week. Mugginess will be more of a factor as well as overnight lows only settle into the mid to upper 60s. This will give all the swampy feels. Make sure to keep your pets cool and check on your neighbors as temps reach the mid-90s by the middle of next week. A cold front will reach the area late in the week, finally bringing a few scattered showers and storms to the area, but, relief from the heat will not be in the cards just yet..

Likely we will see our first named storm of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season late Friday into early Saturday. Ana is the first on our list of names. This disturbance off the coast Bermuda will not be a threat to the U.S., as it takes a more northeast turn into a more unfavorable environment late in the weekend. Another area to watch is in the Gulf of Mexico. This will likely not organize into our next named system, but it will bring heavy rain to Texas and South Louisiana, an area that saw more than a foot of rain this past week.