PM Storms, Warm

It's a warm, muggy start to the day thanks to blow off clouds from convection to our north and west. Speaking of muggy, the dew point at Golden Triangle Airport at 11 a.m. yesterday was 81; combined with a temperature of 88 at the time yielded a heat index of 106! We won't have to deal with that kind of steam today as the upper air ridge will be broken down and replaced by an upper trough by this evening. This upper air trough will also allow a cold front to approach the push through the region by this afternoon and evening, respectively. Increased cloud cover and a greater coverage of showers and thunderstorms will be the result of the frontal boundary. In fact, it appears that our best chance for rain will likely be late this afternoon and evening, but a few scattered showers will become possible early this afternoon. The high this afternoon should top out around 91. Rain chances should end by 9 p.m. for the entire area as slightly drier air will be ushered in behind the frontal boundary. A few clouds will still keep temperatures around 72 tomorrow morning.