The humidity is back and the Feels Like temperatures are climbing.
Thanks to George Winterling we will know how hot it is going to feel as the humidity returns to the River City. If you are new here, George was our Chief Meteorologist for nearly 50 years. He passed away on June 21, 2023. He had many contributions to weather forecasting. He realized thermometers didn’t tell the whole story, so he pioneered a way to calculate and forecast the “feels like” temperature. Winterling’s mathematical formula for apparent heat paved the way for the official heat index charts still used today to gauge risks like heat exhaustion and heat stroke. He called the formula “humiture” in 1978. The National Weather Service adopted the formula as “Heat Index” the following year.
Temperatures will climb into the 90s as the humidity increases. Feels Like temperatures will climb to around 100-108 degrees through the end of the week and this weekend.
Rain chances will increase Friday afternoon and again this weekend. Skies will become partly to mostly cloudy as sea breezes move inland.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies with a few showers, mainly south of I-10.
Wednesday: Hot and humid. Becoming partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers possible south of I-10. Morning lows in the 70s. Afternoon highs in the 80s to low 90s. Feels like temperatures 95-100 degrees. Wind: SE 5-15 mph. Rain chances 10-20 percent.
Thursday: Widespread 90s with limited rain chances. Feels Like Temperatures 99-105. Lows in the 70s. Afternoon highs in the 80s and 90s. Rain chances 10-30 percent, mainly south of I-10. Wind: SE 5-10 mph.
Looking ahead: Increasing rain chances Friday through Sunday. Rainfall models have backed off with widespread averages now around 0.10 to 0.25 of an inch, with locally heavier amounts possible.
Tropics: Quiet across the Gulf, Caribbean, and the Atlantic for the next 5 to 7 days.
Sunrise: 6:24 p.m.
Sunset: 8:29 p.m.