After a sunny, beautiful weekend, our weather will turn somewhat unsettled yet still humid during the work week. If you don’t like the extreme heat, the good news is the cloud cover will keep temperatures pretty close to average for the latter half of July. This is by statistical standards the warmest part of the summer, but in actuality it’s likely that the hot weather we had a week ago will end up being the hottest week of the summer.
Of course, we still have the month of August, which can bring extreme heat, especially during the first half of the month. A broad southwest flow of air will take over this week. This will keep those dew points in the 60s and lower 70s, meaning that although it won’t be super hot, it will be quite humid.
With the added humidity I’m expecting the chance for showers and even the rumble of thunder starting Tuesday and continuing through Friday. Advertisement For those of you are on vacation this week, it can be frustrating to look at your phone and seeing the shower icon every single day. Take heart in that I don’t expect us to see any washouts, but especially in the afternoon those clouds could yield showers.
The driest day this week will be Monday with basically no chance of any shower activity and temperatures reaching the mid-80s. On Tuesday, the cloud cover will dominate and there’s a good chance that all of us will see at least some shower activity, especially in the afternoon. Looking ahead, there will be an additional chance f.