Gusty Storms Wednesday Evening

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS IS OUR WEATHER STORY. 4TH OF JULY FAMILIES GETTING TOGETHER, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND THE WEATHER’S NOT LOOKING GREAT. IT’S NOT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT WEATHER IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE HOLIDAY HERE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACTUAL WEEKEND ITSELF. SO BUT STARTING TOMORROW THROUGH FRIDAY, OFF AND ON, SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE THE RULE. AND SOME OF THOSE STORMS WILL BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE FROM TIME TO TIME. NOW, I ALWAYS TRY TO SEARCH FOR A SILVER LINING IN ALL OF THIS, AND IT’S THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED THE RAIN. SO THAT’S THE WELCOME SIDE. THE TIMING IS THE WORST, AND OF COURSE WE DON’T WANT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO ACCOMPANY THAT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT WILL. SO HERE WE ARE. IMPACTS PRIMARILY BEING THE THREAT FOR GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND A LOW TORNADO THREAT. AND THAT TAKES US INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. PRIMARY CONCERN FROM STORMS TOMORROW WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. AND THEN OF COURSE THE LIGHTNING CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE SETTING UP OUTSIDE. I KNOW SOME PLACES ARE TRYING TO SET THEIR FIREWORKS OFF TOMORROW FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THOSE THINGS VERY WELL COULD BE IMPACTED IN THE EVENING BY SEVERE WEATHER OR AT LEAST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. AGAIN, THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW, BUT IT’S NOT COMPLETELY ZERO. THERE. SO HERE WE ARE ALREADY IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ALL ACROSS THE TRI-STATE. THIS INCLUDES THE ENTIRE WLWT VIEWING AREA, AND THE THREAT WILL PRIMARILY BE PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME AFTER 2 OR 3 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, PROBABLY AT LEAST UP UNTIL 10 OR 11:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE WEATHER MAP TONIGHT. THIS FRONT HAD THINGS LIT UP EARLIER TODAY FROM CHICAGO TO KANSAS CITY. STILL LOTS OF STORMS OUT THERE ALONG THAT. THOSE STORMS WILL STAY TO OUR NORTH TONIGHT. HOWEVER, IT IS THIS FRONT THAT EVENTUALLY WILL PUT ON THE BRAKES AND BASICALLY PARK ITSELF NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND IT WILL SERVE AS A CONVEYOR BELT FOR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. AGAIN, ONE TOMORROW, LIKELY ANOTHER ONE ON THE 4TH OF JULY, AND THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. AS A PRETTY STRONG SYSTEM FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR SWINGS THROUGH OUR REGION. SO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IT’S A DIFFERENT EVENING AND NIGHT COMPARED TO LAST NIGHT. RIGHT? YESTERDAY WE HAD EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS FUNNELING IN VERY REFRESHING AIR. IT HAS CHANGED A WHOLE 180 OUT THERE. WE’RE STILL AT 80 TONIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THIS VERY MUGGY AIR BY THE DEW POINTS IN THE 60S. AND 70S STREAMING RIGHT UP INTO THE TRI-STATE TONIGHT. THIS IS THE COMFORTABLE AIR WE HAD LAST NIGHT. TWO POINTS IN THE 50S. THAT’S WHY IT FELT SO REFRESHING YESTERDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THAT’S LONG GONE. WE PROBABLY WON’T FEEL AIR LIKE THAT AGAIN UNTIL MAYBE THE WEEKEND. WE’LL SEE ABOUT THAT. SO HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, STAYING MILD THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN THE 70S. ALL RIGHT. HERE’S FUTURECAST. AS YOU’LL SEE. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY TOMORROW. AGAIN, I THINK IT’S PRETTY LATE AFTER 2 OR 3 P.M. THE THREAT FOR ANY STORMS NOTICE AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING. THERE THEY GO. BEGINNING TO ERUPT ACROSS THE AREA. AND THIS STORMY WEATHER IS LIKELY TO STICK AROUND AGAIN. HERE’S NINE 11:00. I DO THINK BY THE TIME WE GET TOWARDS TEN AND 11, THINGS ARE STARTING TO WIND DOWN IN TERMS OF THE SEVERE COMPONENT, THEY’RE STILL VERY WELL COULD BE SHOWERS AND STORMS LEFT OUT THERE, AND SOME MAY EVEN LINGER STRAIGHT THROUGH INTO THURSDAY. THE FOURTH ITSELF. SO MUGGY TONIGHT 72 FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT LOW TOMORROW. IT’S A WEATHER IMPACT DAY BEFORE ANY STORMS DEVELOP. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES UP THERE AROUND 100. SO NOT ONLY WILL IT BE STEAMY, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE AWFULLY HOT TOO. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND THEN THERE’S YOUR STORM THREAT. TOMORROW EVENING, YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEXT THREE DAYS ARE ALL WEATHER IMPACT DAYS BECAUSE I THINK DECENT COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY. IT’S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL RAIN ON THESE DAYS. IT’S MORE OF A QUESTION OF EXACTLY WHEN. BUT I THINK THE WIND IS EVEN HIGH ENOUGH THAT IT WILL LIKELY IMPACT YOUR ACTIVITY. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THEN IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND REFRESHING BY THE ACTUAL WEEKEND I