SUN AND STORMS: We actually have a few isolated showers on radar early this morning before sunrise, but most of the showers and thunderstorms across Alabama will come this afternoon from about 1:00 until 10:00 p.m. The air is a bit more unstable today; odds of any one specific spot getting wet are 55-65 percent
RADAR CHECK: As we expect in July we have random, scattered showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon. Heavier storms are producing strong winds gusts, heavy rain, and lots of lightning. Away from storms temperatures are in the upper 80s and low 90s with a mix of sun and clouds.
JULY IN ALABAMA: We might see a little increase in the number of afternoon showers and thunderstorms through Friday as the air will be a little more unstable, but the overall pattern just won’t change much through the weekend.
RADAR CHECK: We have the classic case of random, scattered showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon. They are mostly over the northern 2/3 of the state, and all of them will fade after sunset. Away from the showers the sky is partly to mostly sunny with temperatures in the low 90s.
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.
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.
Hot and mostly dry through the weekend, but rain and storm chances increase across Alabama next week as a front approaches and tropical activity stirs in the Atlantic.
RADAR CHECK: A few isolated showers and storms have formed this afternoon over parts of Central and South Alabama; heavier thunderstorms are over the southern half of the state, and they are moving westward today.
CALM SUMMER PATTERN: A quiet weather pattern continues across the Deep South through the holiday weekend. Partly sunny days, fair nights, and only isolated afternoon showers. The chance of any one community seeing a shower each afternoon is only around 10 percent, and afternoon highs will be in the 90-95 degree range.
DRY DAY: Alabama is rain-free this afternoon with a partly sunny sky. Temperatures are generally in the 88-92 degree range… tonight will be fair with a low between 66 and 72 degrees.
DRY PATTERN: An unusually dry airmass has dropped into the Deep South this morning. No rain across Alabama at daybreak, and we expect no rain through tonight. It is very hard to find a July day around here without at least a few afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
ON THE MAP: A rare July front is moving through Central Alabama this afternoon. We note a few isolated showers ahead of the front around the I-85 corridor at midday; North Alabama is rain-free in drier air moving in from the north. A few isolated storms are also over the southeast corner of the state.
DRIER DAYS: A drier airmass is slipping into Alabama early this morning. Nothing on radar at daybreak, and any showers this afternoon will be very isolated, and confined to the southern third of the state.
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