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Strong Storms Over North Alabama

| July 1, 2015 @ 3:30 pm

RADAR CHECK: Strong storms with frequent lightning, and winds gusting to 45 mph continue to move eastward through North/Central Alabama this afternoon…

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Storms will settle down late tonight.

TOMORROW THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND: The overall weather pattern won’t change much. Intervals of sunshine each day, and the risk of a few passing showers or storms each day. Thunderstorms are most likely during the afternoon and evening hours, but we can’t rule out a late night or morning shower or storm with a persistent northwest flow aloft. Afternoon highs will be generally in the mid to upper 80s, below average for the Fourth of July in Alabama.

Due to the scattered and random nature of the storms, we can’t give you specific start/stop times of rain for specific locations… if you have something planned outside, just be ready for a passing thunderstorm from time to time.

We also note SPC has the standard “slight risk” of severe weather up again tomorrow for North Alabama, so where thunderstorms develop, they will be strong.

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All summer storms pack very frequent lightning, and some of them tomorrow could produce strong, gusty winds.

NEXT WEEK: We expect a slow trend toward hotter afternoons, more sunshine, and fewer thunderstorms by mid-week as an upper ridge begins to build. Highs go back in the low 90s…. see the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

AT THE BEACH: Pretty decent weather along the Gulf Coast through the Fourth of July weekend…. about 7 to 9 hours of sunshine each day from Panama City Beach over to Gulf Shores, with the usual risk of a passing storm from time to time. Highs on the immediate coast will be in the mid to upper 80s, with low 90s inland. Sea water temperatures are mostly in the low to mid 80s.

TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very quiet, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the next five to seven days.

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