ST. LOUIS — St. Louis officially hit 100 degrees on Tuesday, the 11th earliest 100-degree day on record since 1874. Thankfully, some cooling relief is thankfully on its way.
We've seen July and August type levels of heat over the last few weeks, and that trend will only continue over the next few days.
It's been very warm this June, and that's continued the trend that we have seen the entire year so far.
Temperatures have reached 102 degrees so far in STL today. That ties a record that was set back in 1988.
But something is here to finally break the heat streak, and it's a cold front moving in from the north. We have been moved into a slight risk for severe weather as well.
Severe weather from Monday will push south and eventually fizzle out. But as it does, it will leave boundaries around to our north, and even a few clouds and light showers around. This could hold together and knock several degrees off of our temperature, or it could set the stage for another area of development later in the evening.
But the late evening and overnight rounds of rain are a little more certain. While the initial line of rain may provide opportunities for 40-60 mph wind gusts, that threat will diminish as the night wears along. While this moves pretty slowly, I think localized flash flooding is a sneaky threat for us to deal with on Wednesday morning. I know that's hard to believe with how dry it is, but that's not out of the question.
These are pretty good average numbers throughout the entire area. There may be even a few more spots that get more than an inch of rain. But I wouldn't be surprised to see some locally higher amounts depending on how these storms move over the same location two or three times.
From a severe weather potential threat, I think we are on the lower end of that when it comes to impacts. 40-60 mph winds are possible, but those winds are marginally severe. They could still cause minor damage, but those chances are low. Quarter-size hail may be possible initially as well, especially further north.
