Eyewitness News Storm Team Weather

Jim Barach's Outlook
from the Storm Team Weather Center

Fog Tonight...Scattered Storms Tuesday...Severe Weather Possible Wednesday...

A few showers and storms made their way across the region today with a weak wave of low pressure. Skies will become partly cloudy tonight which will allow some patchy fog to form late. The overnight low temperature will be 63 degrees.
Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warm. The high temperature will warm to 88 degrees and there could be a few storms set off with the heat and humidity. A strong cold front will move into the region on Wednesday which
will interact with the warm and humid air mass to set off showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong to severe. There is the potential for hail along with gusty winds and heavy downpours. The Storm
Prediction Center has put the northern part of the viewing are in a risk zone.
Thursday will see the cold front move through which will bring some early day showers and storms which will taper off to mostly cloudy skies. The clouds, showers and cooler air behind the front will drop the high
temperature down to a seasonable 77 degrees. Friday will be partly cloudy and dry as well as cooler as a cool air mass moves in behind the departing cold front. The high temperature will drop all the way down to 67 degrees.
The Memorial Day Weekend will start off with partly cloudy skies and dry as well as comfortable conditions. The high temperature will be 71 degrees under high pressure. Sunday will be partly cloudy and dry as well as high pressure will still be in control over the region. The high temperature will warm a bit to 76 degrees.
Memorial Day Monday will be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms as a warm front moves into the region. The high temperature will warm to 80 degrees despite the clouds and showers as warmer air moves in behind the front. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms as low pressure as well as the warm air mass stay in place over the region. The high temperature will make it up to 83 degrees.
Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms as the warm and humid air mass will still be sitting over the region. The high temperature will warm slightly to 84 degrees. High pressure will move back in over the region on Thursday which will make for partly cloudy skies and dry conditions. The high temperature will warm to 87 degrees.

A quick look back at the weekend shows that skies were mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms at times. Some storms brought heavy rainfall to some areas while other areas were shutout with the scattered nature of the storms. Temperatures were in the 80s both days as expected. Monday's high temperature in Charleston was 76 degrees, while Huntington cleared out earlier and made it up to 83 degrees. Neither city reported any rainfall.

Tonight: Skies will be partly cloudy with some patchy fog forming late in some areas. The overnight low temperature will be 63 degrees.

Tuesday: Skies will be partly cloudy and it will be warm and muggy. The high temperature will make it up to 88 degrees and there will be some widely scattered late day thunderstorms in the heat and humidity.

Wednesday: A strong cold front will move into the region which will make for mostly cloudy skies along with showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could become strong to severe with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours. The high temperature will make it to 86 degrees ahead of the storms.

Thursday: The cold front will move through the region which will make for some early day showers and thunderstorms which will taper off to mostly cloudy skies. The clouds, showers and cooler air behind the front will drop the high temperature to 77 degrees.

Friday: Skies will be partly cloudy and it will be dry and cooler as high pressure moves in behind the departing cold front. The high temperature will drop to 67 degrees despite the additional sunshine in the cooler air mass.

Saturday: The Memorial Day Weekend will start off with partly cloudy skies and dry conditions as high pressure remains in control on Saturday. The high temperature will warm a bit to 71 degrees.

Sunday: Skies will be partly cloudy and dry with high pressure still in place over the region. The high temperature will warm to 76 degrees.

Memorial Day Monday: A warm front moving into the region will make for mostly cloudy skies along with showers and thunderstorms. The high temperature will warm to 80 degrees despite the clouds and showers with the warmer air moving in behind the front.

Tuesday: Low pressure will remain in place over the region which will make for mostly cloudy skies along with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high temperature will warm to 83 degrees.

Wednesday: Skies will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms as low pressure will linger over the region. The high temperature will warm slightly to 84 degrees.

Thursday: High pressure will move back in over the region which will bring back partly cloudy skies along with dry conditions. The high temperature will warm to 87 degrees.

One Final Note: The high temperature in Charleston managed to make it into the 80s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That was only the second time this year we have seen three straight days in the 80s, the other being on April 9th, 10th and 11th.

--Jim Barach
Storm Team Meteorologist
Updated: May. 20, 2013 10:40 PM EDT

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