A hot summery weather pattern is taking a firm hold of our weather. Highs will consistently top out at or above 90 degrees now. The high pressure ridge that I referred to in my summer forecast discussion is doing exactly what I thought it would do. Strengthen over the southeast creating hot and continued very dry conditions. That said, there could be just enough wind flow off the gulf later this week to offer a late afternoon downpour in a few spots. In the summer, the moist flow off of the gulf converges inland to create enough lift to trigger afternoon thunderstorms. This is known as a "sea breeze front". The area of storms moves to the northwest in the late afternoon and arrives in the Jackson area between 4-6PM if it does not fall apart first..