Hot Fun In The Summertime

HOT JULY WEATHER: You know it is summertime when I start bringing out song lyrics… remember Sly and the Family Stone from the 70s?

“End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi, hi, hi, hi, there
Them summer days, those summer days
That’s when I had most of my fun back
High, high, high, high there
Them summer days, those summer days”

Expect hot days through the weekend with a good supply of hazy sunshine each day; afternoon highs will be mostly in the mid 90s.

Don’t forget thunderstorms will form during the peak of the daytime heating process each day, but the warm air aloft associated with the upper ridge across the Deep South will keep them few in number. It is interesting to note that SPC has introduced a “marginal” severe weather risk of much of Central and South Alabama Saturday, with the idea of the heat ridge shifting slightly to the west…

So, storms that form Saturday afternoon will pack a punch, but they will still be very widely spaced, and most likely over East and South Alabama.

NEXT WEEK: Confidence in the forecast is low due to model inconsistency. The 12Z GFS yesterday showed the ridge breaking down by mid-week, with an upper low forming by Wednesday near Memphis… resulting in lower heat levels and higher rain coverage. But, the 00Z and 06Z runs have backed off on that idea, keeping a ridge in place. We will still trend toward wetter weather by mid-week, and watch future runs. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

AT THE BEACH: About 8 to 10 hours of sunshine each day along the Gulf Coast through the weekend from Panama City Beach west to Gulf Shores, with the usual risk of an occasional passing thunderstorm. Highs on the immediate coast will stay in the mid to upper 80s, with low to mid 90s inland. The sea water temperature this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 86 degrees.

TOPIC: TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very quiet… over in the western Pacific, Typhoon Linfa has made landfall Thursday in southern China, and Typhoon Chan-hom will be near the China coast Saturday.

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