Summer like warmth today accompanied by thunderstorm chances

 

Although we may have not reached our forecast high yesterday, it was still a very comfortable day with temperatures in the low 60's! However, today will blow yesterday out of the water in terms of comfortability as certain points of the day may even feel hot outside! We'll reach into the upper 70's across the region this afternoon and combining that with mostly sunny skies, we should see at least a few spots hit 80° today.

With good always comes a little bad though, because of the summer like heat today we'll also have plenty of moisture and instability present in our atmosphere to support a few thunderstorms. However, an atmospheric cap will be in place through the day which will inhibit storms from forming during the daytime hours.

Our storm chances this evening will rely heavily on if we can break this "cap" or lid this evening. Multiple situations may occur later including the possibility of no storms developing! However, if a storm does develop, make sure to pay attention to watches and warnings as the Storm Prediction Center has outlined us in a Slight 2/5 risk this evening highlighting large hail as our primary threat.

The hail risks this evening has not only been increased in chances, but in their latest outlook the Storm Prediction Center added the "hash" or black outline to the outlook highlighting the potential of significant hail this evening. That means, if storms do form later on, the environment will have the potential to support storms capable of producing 2+ inch (egg-sized) which can cause significant damage! These storms may not hit till the overnight hours, so make sure to keep your cellphones on to make sure you can listen to watches or warnings that may be issued later.