SAVANNAH, Ga. () — Thursday afternoon was partly cloudy, warm, and humid. No showers developed in our area despite some dark looking clouds at times in the later part of the day.

There are some changes on the way for Friday in the ways of a few spotty showers becoming possible. Conditions will remain mainly dry and warm for the next several days otherwise.

Friday will start out with a mainly clear sky after sunset with temperatures in the 60s inland and the lower 70s at the coast. Temperatures will quickly rise into the mid to upper 80s by the afternoon.

Some inland locations may get very close to 90°F. A few isolated showers are possible in the afternoon and into the early evening.

Most locations will miss out on any rain, through the best chances will be along I-95. Weather conditions will be great in the evening for the local high school football games.

A very warm and mainly dry patter is expected to settle in for the weekend and into early next week. Afternoon highs will warm into the mid to upper 80s each day. 

Rain chances will begin to emerge in the forecast for the latter part of next week. However, rain chances will remain around 20% or less.

Temperatures will gradually become hotter in the later part of the week despite the possibility of showers developing. Highs will top out in the upper 80s to lower 90s Monday through Friday.

TRACKING THE TROPICS

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave that is about to emerge off of the west coast of Africa. Once it is over the Atlantic Ocean within the next day or so, it may possibly become better organized.

It has a low (30%) chance of becoming the season’s next tropical depression or tropical storm within the next 5 to 7 days.

The environment it will be in is expected to support slow organization and strengthening. There is no threat to land or the U.S. at this time. 

There is also an area disorganized cloudiness over the western Caribbean Sea located just west of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.

Some global model guidance indicates that this may be an area to watch for potential development once over the southern Gulf next week.

The only issue in the short-term will be heavy tropical rain for the Yucatan over the next few days. There is no tropical threat from this area right now.