TROPICAL STORM MARCO FORMS IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE--NOT LIKELY TO THREATEN GALVESTON (Details in Tropical Section Below)
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE PICTURE FOR TODAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW
CLEARING AND A LITTLE COOLER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy, breezy and warm this afternoon with 20% chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorms. Winds will be from the southeast at 10-20 mph. Expect high temperatures in the mid-80's. Tonight, we should have partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms early, increasing to a 40% chance after midnight. Overnight lows will range from the mid-70's on the Island to the low-70s inland. On Tuesday, we will have mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms. Highs will be in the mid-80's. Expect winds to become westerly at 5-10mph.
DISCUSSION
Our weather pattern will gradually change as rain chances increase late today into Tuesday. Deeper Gulf moisture, combined with an approaching cool front, should be the catalyst for showers and thunderstorms late today or on Tuesday. Skies will clear out after the front passes and we should see cooler temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by increasing temperatures and humidities as we head into the weekend. Our next shot at rain should appear late Sunday into Monday or Tuesday as yet another front approaches the area.
ADDITIONAL IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE GALVESTON AND TROPICAL WEATHER AT LINKS FURNISHED BELOW/
THE 10-DAY WEATHER FORECAST GRAPHICS BELOW ARE PROVIDED BY ACCUWEATHER AND MAY OR MAY NOT REFLECT MY PERSONAL FORECAST FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD
Tropical Storm Marco has formed from an area of low pressure in the Bay of Campeche. Fortunately, the storm seems primed to head west-northwest into southern Mexico and not become a threat in the Gulf of Mexico. At 10 p.m. CDT, the depression was located near 19.8 N and 95.4 W. It was moving west-northwest at 7-mph Sustained winds 65-mph and central barometric pressure was 998 MB (29.47"). Elsewhere, the tropical Atlantic is quiet at the present time.
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