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Only Isolated Showers Later Today

| July 7, 2015 @ 6:25 am

HOTTER, DRIER DAYS: A fairly typical summer weather pattern is setting up across the Deep South this week thanks to a developing upper ridge. The high resolution HRRR model does show a few showers across North/Central Alabama this afternoon, but they will be very widely spaced.

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A decent chance we reach 90 degrees today for the first time since June 29. Going seven consecutive days below 90 in summer in very rare in Alabama.

REST OF THE WEEK: Not much change tomorrow through Friday; partly sunny days, fair nights, and only isolated afternoon showers or storms. Afternoon highs generally between 90 and 93… pretty much what you expect this time of the year.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: No change… a 5940 meter 500 millibar ridge will be overhead, meaning hot afternoons with hazy sunshine and only isolated showers or thunderstorms. Highs for the weekend will be in the low to mid 90s.

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NEXT WEEK: The heat ridge begins to shift westward, and that should open the door for lower heat levels and better rain changes toward the middle and latter part of the week. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

AT THE BEACH: Looking good through the weekend along the Gulf Coast from Panama City Beach west to Gulf Shores, with mostly sunny days, fair nights, and only widely scattered storms. Highs on the immediate coast will be in the mid to upper 80s, with low to mid 90s inland. The sea water temperature early this morning on the Alabama Gulf Coast is 83 degrees.

TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very quiet… fairly typical of an El Nino year. Most of the action remains in the western Pacific.

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