The stationary front that has been sitting over the Panhandle so far this week and creating enhanced rain chances is finally on the move! Drier and cooler air will take its place for more than a few days. With winds out of the northeast, our sea breeze will be pinned to the coastline. As a result, showers and storms are more likely closer to the shore than inland today.
The start of the week will be more active than normal with scattered shower and thunderstorm activity likely due to not only daytime heating and the sea breeze, but also a stalled out boundary sitting across the Panhandle. Isolated showers will be possible through the morning hours, but the bulk of the wet weather will come through the afternoon and evening. Outflow boundaries will lead to additional rainfall throughout the day.
Drier air will hang around for the next couple days, limiting our rain chances across the Panhandle. The sea breeze will create isolated pop-ups both Friday and Saturday for the coast and inland. A cold front will move into the area Saturday afternoon and stall on Sunday. For that reason, rain chances will rise once again Sunday through Tuesday with scattered pop-ups likely (best rain chance: inland). Temperatures will be in the mid-upper 80s with morning lows mostly in the low 70s.
Today, rain chances will be higher inland than the coast because of winds out of the southeast/southwest shifting the sea breeze away from the coast. Wednesday and Thursday, a stationary front will be over the area or just off to the north. This will enhance rain coverage across the Panhandle with rain chances ranging from 40% along the coast to 70% inland. By Friday, the front could end up just to our south.
Friday should start off dry with some clouds around in the morning and then sunny conditions before the sea breeze gets a few storms to pop again in the afternoon. Winds out of the south/southeast will push the sea breeze further inland, so rain chances will be highest away from the coast. Saturday will feature a northeast wind aloft which could pin the sea breeze closer to the coast.