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A Hot July Sunday

| July 26, 2015 @ 10:37 am

Sorry for the scheduling mishap this morning that has made us late, but here is your Weather Extreme video and narrative for Sunday, July 26th.

Saturday was a dry day across Central Alabama with very few isolated light showers. I finally got a reprieve after eight consecutive days of rainfall in Vestavia Hills and was able to stain my deck. Moisture has returned today and there should be enough around to scare up a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, despite the presence of high pressure at the surface and aloft. High temperatures this afternoon will top out well into the middle 90s with a few upper 90s thrown in for effect.

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Not much change in the thinking this morning about how the week will go. The GFS is still bullish on the idea of increased showers and storms by next weekend as a front drifts down into Alabama, producing over 2 inches of rain for the area. The European does not buy this wet concept for Central Alabama, spotting out only .4 inches of rain.

One interesting development in the Euro output is the development of a surface low over northern Florida that retrogrades, or moves westward, back along the north Gulf Coast. That could spell more showers and storms for beachgoers along the beautiful beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida, but it remains to be seen if that will pan out.

It will be just a tad hotter than normal this week across Central Alabama, with highs in the middle and upper 90s. Heat index values could flirt with heat advisory levels through midweek, but nothing we aren’t used to here in Alabama. Temperatures will back off a bit by the weekend, especially if the GFS is right about the rainfall.

James will be back with the next edition of the Weather Xtreme video on Monday.

Have a great Sunday and try to stay cool!

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