Strong Storms Forming Already Before Midday

At 11:30 am, we already have some strong thunderstorms that have formed over the northern parts of Talladega County, across much of Calhoun County, and into the extreme southern parts of Cherokee and northern parts of Cleburne counties. These are currently moving to the northwest at 20 MPH. Plenty of lightning, heavy rain and gusty wind can be expected with these cells.

The rest of Central Alabama is dry at this point. Temperatures are in the upper 70s to the upper 80s across the area with Birmingham currently at 86 degrees. The cool spot was Bessemer at 79 while the warm spot was Montgomery at 88 degrees.

We have an upper low situated back to our west over the Arkansas/Louisiana border that will continue to stream gulf moisture up into Central Alabama. Clouds have been building with the heating of the day and scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop across the area. The highest chances throughout the rest of the day will be across the southern half of the area. Coverage will start to diminish as the sun begins to set and most of the activity should be gone by the start of the overnight hours. Highs will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s with lows in the upper 60s to the lower 70s. We’ll have to watch as some of these cells could pack a punch with gusty winds and some small hail.

Much of the same story for Sunday… Partly to mostly sunny skies to start but clouds build with the heating of the day. We’ll continue to have our standard chance of scattered afternoon to early evening showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s.

THE TROPICS: The Atlantic Basin remains very quiet at this point and no new tropical cyclones are expected to develop within the next five days.

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