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Sunday Showers

| August 30, 2015 @ 12:34 pm

The upper low that has been spinning along the northern Gulf Coast for the past few days has moved northeast and is located directly over Central Alabama early this afternoon.

Looking at a composite radar loop of the area, you can make out the spin in the atmosphere.

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A solid band of showers marks the western edge of the low’s center with developing showers growing down US-280 from the Birmingham area to around Auburn and Lanett. More storms were developing around Selma. These showers and storms will continue to grow in coverage and intensity as we go through the afternoon in an area of decent instability. CAPE values are running over 2,000 j/kg ni this region.

Drier air is wrapping around the low across southwestern and southern Alabama, allowing some sunshine to return to areas south of Clanton.

Temperatures in places like Montgomery and Auburn have reached 80F. To the north, in the clouds, readings are still in the 70s, and will have a hard time making it very much if at all into the 80s.

Showers should thin out over the next three to four days as

FRED: Tropical Depression Six formed just after midnight this morning and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Fred just a few hours later. Now it appears that it will reach hurricane intensity before it reaches the Cape Verde Islands tomorrow. You’ve heard of the Cape Verdes. We name all the big hurricanes that form in the far eastern Atlantic Cape Verde storms. While many tropical cyclones form near there, few actually affect their namesake islands. Today, the first ever Hurricane Warning has been issued for the islands. The thought of a storm this strong this far out sounds ominous, but it doesn’t appear we will have to worry. Fred should move far enough northwest before turning west to stay well north of the islands of the Caribbean.

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