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Midday Nowcast: Another Hot and Humid Day, Watching the Radar

| July 27, 2017 @ 12:07 pm

We are seeing more sun than clouds at midday and that has allowed temperatures to warm well into the upper 80s and lower 90s at across North/Central Alabama.

Add in those dew points in the mid and upper 70s and it is down right uncomfortable out there, and once again a Heat Advisory has been issued for portions of Alabama until 7PM this evening.

The advisory at this time is confined to western portions of Alabama and includes the cities of Hamilton, Sulligent, Vernon, Fayette, Carrollton, Tuscaloosa, Livingston, Eutaw, Greensboro, Moundville, Marion, Centreville, Demopolis, Linden, and Selma. Temperatures will rise into the mid 90s this afternoon and heat indices are expected to reach 105 degrees for a few hours. Heat related illnesses may be possible for those outdoors in unshaded areas without proper precautions taken.

There is plenty of moisture in place to provide fuel for showers and storms. Through the morning hours, we have been dry, but a quick look at the radar at midday, showers and storms are starting to develop over eastern and central portions of Alabama, and this is where the greater coverage of storms will be the rest of today. It looks as though locations to the northwest of Interstate 59 stay dry today, while southeast of the Interstate 59 will see the chance of storms. The movement of these storms is generally towards the southeast today.

Storms are very random in placement, and as we see everyday this time of year, storms will be capable of producing lots of dangerous lightning, and tremendous amounts of rainfall over short period of time, that could result in flash flooding. We saw flash flooding yesterday in the Birmingham Metro, and we had our second lightning death of the week in the state yesterday afternoon down in Houston County in the Dothan area. Two things we must continue communicating when it comes to summer time storms, WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS! and TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN!

For the rest of today, we are going to see these scattered storms persist and where it is not raining, temperatures will head into the lower and mid 90s. Storms will gradually wind down after sunset with the loss of daytime heating. It will be a mainly clear night, with a few areas of patchy fog overnight. Lows should settle into the mid 70s.

Have a great day and stay weather aware this afternoon!

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Macon, Georgia Television Chief Meteorologist, Birmingham native, and long time Contributor on AlabamaWX. Stormchaser. I did not choose Weather, it chose Me. College Football Fanatic. @Ryan_Stinnet

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