Mother Nature Begins Cranking Up the Heat; We Continue the Streak of Pre-Season Tropical Storm Formation

Mother Nature Turns Up the Thermostat
The forecast for today and the next six days really does not show any relief for the heat that will start to build underneath what we call the “death ridge.” Enjoy this weekend as it will be the last one we’ll see for a little while where some locations will stay in the 80s. Here is what we got for this forecast period.

This weekend will be fabulous but the heat will begin to build across Central Alabama. We’ll have mostly sunny skies with highs reaching the mid-80s to the lower 90s on Saturday, but heating up into the upper 80s to the lower 90s on Sunday.

No chance to the forecast for the work week ahead with the exception of even warmer temperatures as the ridge strengthens. The forecast will be very similar for each day through Thursday as skies will be mostly sunny with no rain expected. Monday’s highs will be in the lower to mid-90s, ranging from the lower to the upper 90s on Tuesday, lower to mid-90s on Wednesday, and right back to the lower to upper 90s on Thursday.

The pattern across the country flattens out for the most part on Friday with the exception of a trough over the northeast, which may bring a wave of moisture into the northern half of the area late on Friday afternoon. For now, it looks like much of the area will stay dry, but a few isolated to scattered showers and storms may be possible. The heat won’t back down any as highs will be in the lower 90s in the north to the upper 90s in the south.

Update on the Tropics
Subtropical Storm Ana formed earlier this morning just northeast of Bermuda and was packing winds at 45 mph and moving to the west-southwest at 3 mph. A tropical storm watch is up for Bermuda as those conditions are expected for today before Ana begins a rapid departure off to the northeast and eventually dissipating in a couple of days.

We also have Invest 91L which has moved onshore over southeastern Texas. The system could produce heavy rainfall over portions of southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana today. With the already-saturated soils across this area, heavy rain could lead to flash, urban, and additional river flooding across this region.

On This Day in Weather History
1987 – A powerful tornado virtually wiped the small southwest Texas community of Saragosa off the map. The twister destroyed eighty- five percent of the structures in the town killing thirty persons and injuring 121 others in the town of population 183. The tornado hurled trucks and autos through adobe and wood-frame homes, with some vehicles blown 500 feet.

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