Good afternoon! The forecast is on track for today with our weak cold (well, dewpoint!) front sliding through Naples now and the humidity dropping to more comfortable levels across SWFL. Highs today will reach near 90 most places, with slightly cooler air on the western shore of Lake Okeechobee owing to the easterly breeze we'll see all day. With the slightly drier air in place, it should be mostly clear this evening with lows tomorrow dropping back into the 60's for most of us. This pattern continues over the next few days.
By the way, check out the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK later today. Every once in a while the combination of ample low level moisture, steep decreases in temperature with height, and strong wind (and wind shear) come together to afford a high risk of severe weather.. this is one of those days across parts of eastern OK, KS, MO, and AR. During my time at Penn State, I researched severe thunderstorms and the environments that lead up to them... two of my professors there, Drs. Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson, are part of the research project VORTEX2 that will be deploying on these storms later today. They've already obtained some tremendous data on storms last week a little farther north and today promises to be an even more active day!
Brian
