It’s a hot on this holiday weekend, with a few scattered showers and storms across the middle of the country. It’s hard to produce a forecast for anywhere right now without giving a thought to the devastating floods in Kerrville, Texas over the weekend. My heart aches for all the families that have lost in Texas. It’s another reminder that, while the strength of a storm is always a factor, often just as impactful is the time and the place the storm occurs. Donate here.

At 753PM, Fort Smith was reporting a temperature of 91 degrees with clear skies. A trough moving through the middle of the country is triggering a band of thunderstorms through southern Missouri, but the southward progression of the system was not expected to bring that activity as far south as Fort Smith this evening.
Tomorrow afternoon, the heat and humidity of the region will provide enough instability for some showers and storms in the afternoon. A ripple in the lower levels of the atmosphere along the US-Canadian border will touch off a new band of showers and thunderstorms in the plains. This more organized band of storms will be a threat for Fort Smith on Tuesday evening, but not before another hot humid day transpires.
Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy, with showers and storms in the evening High 92, Low 72
Tuesday – Scattered clouds with some increasing showers and storm, High 90, Low 73

TWC: Tomorrow – Except for a few afternoon clouds, mainly sunny. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 92, Low 73
Tuesday – Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the morning High 87, Low 73

AW: Tomorrow – Humid with variable cloudiness; a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon High 91, Low 75
Tuesday – Mostly cloudy and humid with a thunderstorm in parts of the area High 90, Low 74

NWS: Tomorrow – A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly sunny, High 93, Low 75
Tuesday – Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny High 90, Low 74

WB: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon High 92, Low 76
Tuesday – Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. High 88, Low 75

WN: Tomorrow – Partly cloudy with isolated showers and isolated storms, High 93, Low 75
Tuesday – Partly cloudy with light showers and scattered storms, High 90, Low 74

CLI: Tomorrow – Thunderstorm, High 95, Low 75
Tuesday – Thunderstorm, High 91, Low 75

It’s strange having this much thunder activity but so little in motion aloft. Indeed, we are in the summer season!