Large parts of the Southeast have been experiencing severe drought conditions this year and are in need of rainfall.

Good news, tropical air arriving from the Gulf of Mexico this weekend will interact with a stalled front lea Weather Headlines Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:18:11 EST IWS0 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:31:04 EST Damaging Thunderstorm Threat Saturday Extremely hot and humid air surging up from the south will meet up with cooler, drier air arriving from the northwest later Saturday. A weak disturbance moving along the jet stream will act as the trigger for thunderstorm initiation Saturday afternoon and evening.

Even though the thunderstorms will be fairly scattered, they will be strong to severe, causing damaging straight-line winds and large hail.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson.