Not Too Bad In Central Alabama At Midday, Harvey Is Back On The Board

At 12:40 PM, we have a few cumulus clouds overhead with only a few isolated showers in the extreme southern parts of the area at this point. The cold front is currently draped across Central Alabama at this point, and most of the convective thunderstorms expected to form this afternoon will be mainly south of the front. That means that locations north of a line from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham to Anniston will more than likely stay dry today. South of that, there will be a decent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Not everyone will get rain today south of the front, with the chance of rain for any one spot around 30-40% (higher chances as you go south). Afternoon highs will be in the mid-80s to the low-90s.

The front will continue to slowly push south during the evening and overnight hours, and so will those rain chances. Skies will be partly cloudy with the better chances for rain south of a line from Demopolis to Clanton to Alexander City. North of that line, a dry night can be expected. Overnight lows will be in the low-60s to the low-70s from north to south.

Temperatures across Central Alabama are ranging in the low-80s to the low-90s, with Eufaula topping out as the warm spot at 93 degrees. Birmingham is currently at 84 degrees.

Thursday’s Weather
The cold front will be just south of the state tomorrow morning and this will keep most, if not all, of Central Alabama dry throughout the whole day on Thursday. There will be a very slight chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms over the extreme southern locations in the area, but the odds for any one spot in that part getting wet will be around 1-in-5. With that being said, skies will be mostly clear and dewpoint values will be low, allowing tomorrow to be a refreshing late summer day. Afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 80s across much of the area, with upper 80s to the low-90s possible in the extreme southern locations.

Taking A Peek At The Tropics
Harvey has now regenerated into a tropical depression and now sets its sights onto the southeastern Texas Gulf Coast. The NHC has the latest forecast track making landfall between Corpus Christi and Port O’Connor sometime on late Friday or very early Saturday morning as a strong tropical storm. Tropical storm and hurricane watches are already up for most of the Texas coast. Most of the forecast models have Harvey moving to the northeast during the weekend and will be bringing rain to Alabama by the beginning of the week. We’ll keep you posted.

Invest 92L is hanging around the Florida Keys and will probably meander around the Florida Peninsula for a few days before ultimately being forced out to sea by a deep trough that will form over the eastern U.S. by the weekend. Strengthening may occur once over the Atlantic by next week.

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