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Drier Air Arrives Tonight

| July 24, 2014 @ 6:06 am

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FOGGY START: Nothing on radar at daybreak, but we do have areas of dense fog across the northern half of Alabama with very limited visibility in places. NWS Huntsville has issued a Dense Fog Advisory for their counties up in the Tennessee Valley.

A surface front is nearing the Alabama/Tennessee border, and as it drops south we expect developing showers and thunderstorms during the day. The coverage of the rain probably won’t be as great as yesterday, but still some spots could see a heavy downpour. The sky will be cloudy at times, and most places will see a high in the upper 80s.

Drier air will move into North Alabama tonight.

TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: These three days look mostly rain-free for the northern half of our state, with partly to mostly sunny days and fair nights. Afternoon highs will be at or just over 90 degrees, and showers should be confined to the southern counties of Alabama. Even down there they should be pretty widely separated.

An approaching cold front could bring a band of showers or thunderstorms down into North Alabama Sunday night as the weekend wraps up.

NEXT WEEK: Another high amplitude upper air pattern will become established across the U.S., with a deep long wave trough over the eastern states. Showers and storms are possible Monday, especially during the morning hours, as a cold front moves southward, and we get into another refreshing airmass by Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs will drop into the mid 80s, humidity levels will be low, and nights will be cooler. We are projecting a low near 60 degrees at daybreak Wednesday, which is right at record low territory for July 30 (Birmingham’s record low that morning is 61 set in 1994).

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AT THE BEACH: The weather looks good through the weekend from Panama City over to Gulf Shores, with about 7 to 9 hours of sunshine each day with only widely scattered thunderstorms. Highs on the immediate coast will be in the upper 80s, and the sea water temperature early this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 82 degrees.

TROPICS: Dry air continues to cover much of the Atlantic basin, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.

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