Today, rain chances remain in the 20-30% range across much of Alabama. It is hot everywhere with highs in the low to mid 90s. Any showers and storms today will be isolated in nature, with most of us staying day.
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SUMMER IN ALABAMA: We are in that time of the year when the weather doesn’t change much across the Deep South. You can say “hot and humid with an afternoon storm in spots” and you will be correct 90 percent of the time. That is the situation for Alabama through the rest of the week; highs will be in the low to mid 90s today, and in the 88-92 degree range over the latter half of the week.
RADAR CHECK: We have random, isolated showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon that are moving little. Otherwise we have a partly to mostly sunny sky with temperatures in the low to mid 90s.
We are seeing a more sun than clouds in the Alabama sky today, and rain chances are around 20% for much of the state. Highs this afternoon will be in the low to mid 90s and with high humidity levels, heat index values are approaching the century mark.
SUMMER WEATHER: We are looking at some pretty routine summer weather for Alabama and the Deep South this week. Partly sunny, hot, humid days with the risk of a passing afternoon/evening shower or thunderstorm.
Chantal made landfall near Myrtle Beach this morning and is now spreading heavy rain across the Carolinas—Alabama remains unaffected by the storm.
Although winds have diminished, dangerous surf and rip currents will continue along much of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts from northeast Florida to the Outer Banks through at least Monday.
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Hot and mostly dry conditions dominate Sunday, but isolated storms and building moisture hint at a more active pattern as the week unfolds.
Tropical Storm Chantal remains just offshore of the South Carolina coast this evening, holding steady with maximum sustained winds near 45 mph.
Today in Alabama, hot and humid conditions will dominate with highs in the lower to middle 90s, while mostly dry weather is expected statewide—though isolated afternoon storms could develop, especially west of I-65 in North Alabama.
Tropical Storm Chantal is currently located near latitude 31.1 North and longitude 78.7 West, approximately 135 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and about 220 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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