CLASSIC SUMMER DAY: This is just what we expect in summer in Alabama. After a mostly sunny morning, we have an array of random, scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. They are drifting to the south/southwest, and are producing heavy rain, gusty winds, and lot of lightning. Away from the storms temperatures are mostly in the low to mid 90s.
The National Weather Association Foundation’s WeatherReady Fest will take place at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Saturday, September 7, 2019, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Charger Student Union building.
A low pressure system is located almost 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The high in Birmingham for August 19th, 2019 was 97F. The low was 75F.
SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS: Look for hot, muggy weather again today across Alabama with a partly sunny sky and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Like yesterday, scattered, random, slow moving showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and tonight in the unstable air; odds of any one spot getting wet are 30/40 percent. The weather won’t change much tomorrow as the classic summer pattern continues.
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The 137 members of the UA School of Law’s first-year class were drawn from a pool of almost 1,500 applicants.
A rapidly developing thunderstorm is bringing torrential rain, intensie lightning, and winds to 40 mph to the southern parts of the Birmingham Metro.
CLASSIC SUMMER DAY: Humidity values are back up across Alabama today, and accordingly, scattered showers and thunderstorms have returned as well. Some places have seen a big downpour today, other places are bone dry. Storms are most numerous over North and West Alabama at mid-afternoon, and they are drifting to the southwest. They will dissipate after sunset.
We have some shower activity that has popped up across a few locations in Central Alabama. Hopefully, we’ll get several more today, not only to help cool us down, but to help with parts of the area that is experiencing drought conditions.
The high in Birmingham for August 18th, 2019 was 100F. The low was 74F.
MUGGY WEATHER RETURNS: Hot August weather continues across Alabama today, and humidity levels will be higher as moisture levels increase. We note a few isolated showers on radar early this morning over parts of West Alabama, and we will mention widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and early tonight, during the peak of the daytime heating process. Otherwise today will be partly sunny with a high in the mid 90s for most communities.
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