A Quick Weather Check At 11:30 AM

We continue to have showers, some of which are heavy, falling over the eastern portions of Central Alabama that have already received plenty this week. The bad news is that a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) has formed over Tallapoosa County and is causing enhancement to already heavier rain falling in that area. That, coupled with very light winds and very slow movement of the rain, is already leading to some flooding issues. A few Areal Flood Advisories have been issued in that part of the area for the remainder of the morning and into the early afternoon hours. Current temperatures are in the mid-70s to the lower 80s, with Birmingham sitting at 79 degrees.

The good news is that there is an inverted trough that has formed along the Gulf Coast that should lead to thunderstorm development today, which should prevent widespread convection from occurring. So we should only see isolated to scattered storms for the afternoon and early evening hours. Coverage of those will be greatest in the eastern and southeastern parts of the area, with a lesser chance of isolated showers and storms west of a line from Demopolis to Birmingham to Gadsden. While there may be a few breaks in the cloud cover today, we should continue to stay mostly cloudy. Highs will be in the lower to mid-80s in the eastern half of the area, and in the mid to upper 80s in the west.

The Flash Flood Watch that was in effect until 7:00 PM tonight was canceled earlier this morning, but as I mentioned earlier, there is some potential for a few localized flooding issues in the eastern parts of the area.

Tonight, showers and thunderstorm coverage will greatly decrease throughout much of the area, with a chance of isolated showers and storms remaining possible in the southeastern parts of Central Alabama. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy, and we may have to watch for the development of patchy dense fog during the night time hours. Overnight lows will be in the upper 60s to the lower 70s.

AN UPDATE ON THE TROPICS
Everything remains rather quiet in the tropical development zones of the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. No tropical development is expected over the next 5 days.

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1954 – Severe thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail for thirty minutes in north-central Kansas. One drift measured 200 feet long, seventy feet wide and three feet deep.

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