Sunday July 7 2024 Your Ultimate Guide to Weather and Travel Tips

What if you could always stay one step ahead of the weather? Join us on theweathermanpodcom as meteorologist Steve Pellettiere takes you on a fascinating journey through the weather patterns affecting the Northeast Corridor and beyond. We'll give a special shout-out to listener Helen and wish a happy birthday to our recurring guest, Troy DiLorenzo. Steve will unpack the recent heavy thunderstorms and the expected warm weather for the coming week, alongside the likelihood of afternoon thundershowers due to a stationary frontal system. Plus, get tips on the best times to travel from DC to Boston to avoid delays.

But that's not all—we'll also break down the national weather scene, covering everything from potential thunderstorms in Charlotte and Atlanta to the impact of Tropical Storm Burl, which is set to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the Texas coast. Steve will provide insights into weather conditions across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, and discuss the dry spell on the West Coast. Whether you're planning a trip or just curious about the weather, this episode has you covered with all the latest updates to help you plan your activities and travel routes efficiently. Tune in to stay informed and prepared!

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hi, this is meteorologist Steve Politerio and I am the weatherman. Thanks for checking into theweathermanpodcom on this Sunday. It is the seventh day of the seventh month of 2024. Well, we had some heavy thunderstorms move through in some places during the daytime on Saturday. Most of the heavier thunderstorms were on Friday night. We're, in some places, received between one and three inches of rainfall in the northeast, associated with an approaching frontal system that did finally go through. First, a big shout out to Helen. Helen's just listening to theweathermanpodcom as she has been just starting to enjoy the summertime and looking forward also to talking to Troy Troy DiLorenzo, of course, guest speaker here on theweathermanpodcom. Hopefully he'll be back in soon. He had a big birthday yesterday. Hope he has a great day today.

Speaker 1: 0:49

Weather situation for the Northeast Corridor also calling for some warm weather once again today. From DC up to the Boston area, looking at partly to mostly sunny skies this type of weather pattern pretty typical for the month of July. We start off with clouds in the early, going Some patchy fog gives way to sunshine midday and then the possibility of some late-day thundershowers. But there's a little bit of a frontal system that moved through. That front is stationary, basically from about oh I say coastal Virginia, right over the Delmarva Peninsula and off the Jersey Coast, off of the New England coast as well, but it will be to spawning ground for areas of showers and thunderstorms to eventually form over the next several days and that will be with us most likely on Tuesday, wednesday and Thursday of this week. It's going to be a warm week in July, coming up Each day, with highs in the 70s, in the 90s, in the 70s in the morning hours, in the 90s during the afternoon hours and with that the threat of thunderstorms increasing each and every day right through midweek. Weather across the nation. If in fact you are flying on both Sunday or Monday, here is the outlook. The Northeast Carter basically looks like dry conditions, no problems weather-wise from DC up to the Boston area.

Speaker 1: 1:54

Now I talk about no problems or delays as far as flights in and out of the Northeast Carter. But you also have to remember that's because of weather. Sometimes you're going to have either equipment or scheduling problems, gate problems, those things we don't cover here on weathermanpodcom, just basically the weather. And of course we quickly look down to the Charlotte area, where there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon, and in Atlanta also, thunderstorms are a possibility in the afternoon and early evening. Most of the time in these places, in this type of weather pattern, in the morning it's not too bad. That's when you want to fly early in the morning. I know it's pain getting up but you really are going to get a much better result because of, well, most flights originating in the morning hours and if there's some type of weather delays or even equipment or scheduling delays, that can compound by later in the day and at night. So early morning points are always the best, always looking down into central and south Florida. Just some scattered late-day thunderstorms, no problems there.

Speaker 1: 2:52

And it looks like we'll talk about Hurricane Burl or the storm that's going to be moving into the south Texas coast during the afternoon and evening hours on Sunday in just a moment. First we'll talk about heavy thunderstorms, possibly severe weather in Oklahoma, also into east Kansas, northern sections of Missouri. That's a frontal system moving down there. Dry weather finally across Montana and the west coast. Looks like no problems flying into those places.

Speaker 1: 3:19

Tropical storm burl, currently located in the Gulf of Mexico, is forecast to intensify back to our hurricane before it moves northwestward into the general direction of the Texas coast, probably from Brownsville a little bit further north up to Carpus Christi. Burl is forecast to strengthen into hurricane on Sunday before making landfall about the central Texas coast on Monday. There remains no uncertainty in the forward speed of the tropical cyclone over the next couple of days as Burl interacts with the upper level trough in the midsection of the country. So that means there's going to be most likely some delays into the Atlanta area and eventually some scattered showers and thunderstorms into Dallas and also Austin will probably have some delays because of the weather situation late Sunday and during the daytime on Monday.

Speaker 1: 4:00

There, keep in mind, the main focus for the weather during the daytime on Sunday is extremely dangerous heat continuing into west and heat and humid weather continue in the east, with those scattered showers and thunderstorms. Focus of severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall from the central plains into Oklahoma. Sunday and Sunday night. We mentioned that a little bit earlier. We'll have the update as far as the weather's concerned for the northeast corridor on Monday. I hope you have a great Sunday. Talk to you first thing tomorrow. Take care.