Continuing my discussion from yesterday, I still think we're headed into a dry or possibly drought pattern. I've been looking at the GFS and it still shows a pesky ridge hanging around here for at least the next week or so. The boundary of this ridge seems to be hanging around the Evansville, IN area. From this point west, there is a plentiful amount of rain in the forecast. But due to the high pressure, this is where the rain stops. The ridge is acting like a deflector for the rain, and that's bad news for us.
This is not to say that we won't have a drop of rain for the next few days. There are still chances for scattered and isolated thunderstorms around the area for this week, maybe even some severe ones. Our problem is that as we dry out, these chances will become less and less as we get less moisture in the air to work with. So hopefully these scattered storms will be plentiful enough to hold us over until this ridge breaks.
Speaking of which, the SPC has us on the verge of a chance for severe weather around the 27th. I hope this area is expanded south so that we can have a chance for a soaking rain in some areas around here.
This week is going to be hot, but it won't feel like it. Our humidity levels will stay low this week because of this dry spell. Just remember that you can easily get dehydrated in this hot and dry weather. Drink lots of fluids!
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