Weekend Outlook: Warm, humid, scattered thunderstorms
Happy Friday! This week has closed out with some gorgeous spring-weather, with seasonable temperatures and a nice, light breeze. Additionally, after a humid start to the week, the second half of the week has featured very dry conditions.
As we head into tonight and tomorrow morning, clouds and humidity will gradually increase with the presence of a warm front. Before that, however, the rest of today looks quite nice with temperatures generally in the low 70s and partly cloudy skies. There will be an increased breeze along coastal areas as high pressure slides offshore and helps winds shift to southerly. These southerly winds will flow with the seabreeze, which adds to the overall wind speed in seabreeze-prone areas.
This evening will remain pleasant, though high clouds will gradually increase ahead of the warm front. The warm front will be moving in from the west and has plenty of Gulf of Mexico moisture on its warm side. While the front will cross the region at around midnight, there are some signs that it might get held up a bit by the residual high pressure system. As a result, model guidance is not forecasting a true increase in dewpoints until around 4-5:00am. Thus, we are holding off on mentioning showers until 3-5:00am or so. Temperatures will fall into the upper 50s, but may rise to the low 60s by daybreak.