Midday Update: Hot, Hot, Hot

An upper ridge and abundant low level moisture will be in place across the Deep South this week providing the typical summertime weather for Alabama, meaning, little change in the day to day forecast this time of year. It will be hot each day, with highs in the lower and mid 90s, and very humid as dew points hover in the lower to mid 70s. We note the NWS in Birmingham has issued a “heat advisory” for many Central Alabama counties today until 7PM today. Little to no heat relief unless you find yourself under one of those scattered, mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Though severe weather is not expected, with the very high instability values in place across the state, any storms which can develop will pack a punch with tremendous amounts of lightning, intense tropical downpours, and even the threat of gusty “microburst winds.”

HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT: Temperatures will rise into the middle 90s this afternoon and heat indices will reach 105 degrees or above for a few hours. A heat advisory means the combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and check up on relatives and neighbors.

CURRENTLY ACROSS THE STATE: Temperatures are not cool at all, with many locations in the upper 80s and lower 90s before noon today.

Scanning the dewpoints, the dewpoint was 80° at Alexander City at mid morning, and upper 70s in other locations. Dewpoints do not get much higher than this in Alabama.

Stepping outside, it is just downright oppressive today. Looking for some heat relief in the form of showers and storms, a radar check shows as few showers/storms developing over Blount and Etowah counties and we are going to see these continue to increase in coverage through the rest of today.

SEVERE WEATHER TODAY: Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible across Iowa, northern Missouri and far eastern Nebraska today, while other severe thunderstorms are expected across the southern Appalachians vicinity and Carolinas during the afternoon and evening.

REST OF THE WEEK: Not much change; hot, humid days with a mix of sun and clouds and the risk of scattered storms, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. But, you always have the chance of a late night/early morning rogue storm. Afternoon highs will be in the 90-95 degree range and yes heat index values will likely be over 100° during the afternoons, and we are likely to see additional heat advisories issued across portions of Alabama this week.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: More of the same, still hot and still humid. Partly sunny days, with random, scattered, mostly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs mostly in the low 90s.

ROLLING INTO JULY: You guessed it, more hot and humid weather as we head towards the Fourth of July holiday. It’s summer in Alabama so it will be humid and hot, with those randomly scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms. It is hard to have big changes in our weather this time of year, unless you get some sort of tropical system to develop and impact the region.

TROPICAL OUTLOOK: For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next five days.

THE ALABAMAWX BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Click here to see the AlabamaWx Beach Forecast Center page.

WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 119.3F at Sibi, Pakistan. The lowest observation was -94.5F at Concordia, Antarctica.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: The highest observation was 119F at Death Valley, CA. The lowest observation was 32F at Leadville, CO.

WEATHER ON THIS DATE IN 1925: The mercury hit 101 degrees at Portland, OR, their earliest 100 degree reading of record.

Stay cool out there!
Ryan

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