Archive for July 22nd, 2012

Heavy Storms South of Tuscaloosa

Heavy thunderstorms cover parts of Hale, Greene and Perry Counties tonight.

They extend from Marion and Greensboro to Akron and Union.

They are within about 25 mimes of Tuscaloosa

They are not severe but are capable of torrential rain, deadly lightning and strong gusty winds

Another storm had developed north of Northport along US 43.

Storms were developing up into Bibb County as well.

They are all moving north northwest.

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Hot, Humid. And Mostly Dry.

Radars are unfortunately quiet across Alabama at this hour.

Temperatures have risen into the lower 90s with a good supply of sunshine.

Heavy showers over Fayette and Walker Counties have dissipated.  Once small shower is trying to get its act together just northeast of Gorgas in southern Walker County. Others are trying to develop south of this down into northeastern Tuscaloosa County.

Elsewhere, there are a few showers over the Tennessee Valley and in Southwest Alabama, but they are of little consequence.

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Returning to Daily Summertime Showers

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The pesky upper low feature once again produced some showers primarily in East Central Mississippi, but some of those showers resulted in an early morning flash flood warning for Sumter County. That upper feature continues to move ever so slowly westward while also weakening. The upper ridge is expected to build into the Southeast US somewhat stronger over the next several days as the Bermuda High and the upper ridge over the western US connect for several days. An upper low moving across southern Canada during the early part of the week will finally result in nudging the upper ridge westward from us allowing another trough to become established over the eastern US by next weekend. This should help to bring temperatures back closer to the 90 degree mark and increase our shower chances and coverage a bit.

So for now, it looks like the heat builds back with highs in the middle 90s for much of the upcoming week. Today will be another temperature forecast challenge thanks to that early morning round of storms. Remember, we are not a one number place so look for most places to get close to 90 while a few spots that remain cloudy stay in the middle or upper 80s. As you might have noted yesterday as seen in the observations from Tuscaloosa, it doesn’t take much sunshine to push the temperature up quickly as their high hit 92 after only an hour or so of sun.

Rainfall amounts will continue to be spotty due to the character of showers and isolated thunderstorms. Severe weather threat is fairly minimal with no widespread severe weather anticipated. Isolated thunderstorms may produce some damaging wind but the threat is more southwest of us in Louisiana with the upper low.

Tropics continue to be quiet in spite of the active start we saw in early June.

The pattern of the trough along the East Coast remains with us in week two keeping us out of extreme heat and in somewhat of an unsettled pattern. While showers don’t hit all spots, they do help to keep drought conditions from worsening significantly.

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Thanks for staying tuned to the Weather Xtreme Video. James Spann will have the next edition of the video on Monday morning. Watch the Blog for additional posts as we strive to keep you updated on the ever changing weather for Central Alabama. Have a wonderful day and Godspeed.

-Brian-

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