Below average temperatures with more rain on its way: Southeast Forecast – 8/9/22

Hello everyone, the main story for the southeast will be more rounds of thunderstorms will appear in the next few days. There will be an approaching stationary cold front will be coming down near the Southeast. On Tuesday, most of the heavy rain will be happening in Tennessee. On Wednesday, the heavy rain will continue in Tennessee and northern parts of Georgia and Alabama. In the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi will receive heavy rain from the typical thunderstorm development from Gulf of Mexico.

For Thursday, the chances of rain will lower slightly in the Southeast because the high-pressure systems are trying to settle in the Southeast. With the high-pressure system trying to settle in the Southeast this might mean there will be a change of weather pattern for a drier and warm weather in the Southeast after Thursday. This might be good news for everyone that has been dealing with rain all week. But it might be short-lived as a secondary cold front from the Midwest is trying to catch up to the stationary cold front to bring in more rain next week.

Thursday WPC National Forecast Chart // NWS Weather Prediction Center

Meanwhile, for the people dealing with nice and cooler temperatures than normal in the Southeast will continue in the next few days. Most of the hotter temperatures is occurring in the Northwest and Northeast in United States. There is a high-pressure system occurring in the eastern states of Southeast to start a hotter temperature trend at the end of the week.

GFS 850 mb Temperature Anomaly // Courtesy: Pivotal Weather

Let’s look at the rainfall will be occurring in the next 48 hours. It seems like Northern Louisiana will be having the most rainfall as it will be estimated to have 3 to 5 inches of rain. There will be some good news for the state of Texas to receive more rain in the next few days. With the high pressure occurring in the eastern states in the Southeast will received less rainfall with sinking air to stop any development of storms.



Local Three-day forecast

Dallas, TXTuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:98 F97 F98 F
Low:80 F78 F78 F
Precipitation: 40%40 %None
Houston, TXTuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:95 F94 F91 F
Low:79 F78 F76 F
Precipitation:30%40%70%
New Orleans, LATuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:88 F88 F87 F
Low:77 F76 F75 F
Precipitation:80%80%90%
Little Rock, ARTuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:89 F89 F 88 F
Low:72F71 F71 F
Precipitation:50%50%20%
Memphis, TNTuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:89 F89 F90 F
Low:74 F72 F72 F
Precipitation:50%50%40%
Birmingham, ALTuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:89 F88 F87 F
Low:72 F72 F70 F
Precipitation:60%70%70%
Atlanta, GATuesdayWednesdayThursday
High:88 F87 F84 F
Low:71 F71 F70 F
Precipitation:70%60%60%


Author of the article:


Alexis Carranza