Highs In The 90s Through Next Week; Mostly Dry

| June 14, 2024 @ 5:32 am

SUMMER HEAT: An upper ridge will keep Alabama hot with highs in the 90s over the weekend and through next week. And, in addition to the sizzling afternoons, the weather will stay generally dry for the next seven days. We will mention the chance of just a few isolated showers Sunday, and on a daily basis next week, but for most of the state the chance of any one spot seeing rain is only 10-20 percent.

Showers will be a little more numerous over Mobile and Baldwin counties, but the deeper moisture will be west of there, along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.

TROPICS: Satellite data indicate an elongated area of low pressure offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast is producing some disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Despite strong upper-level winds, some gradual development is possible while the system moves northeastward offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast during the next day or so. By this weekend, the system is forecast to merge with a front over the western Atlantic. Chance of development is only 20 percent.

And, a broad area of low pressure is forecast to form over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico late this weekend or early next week. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system, and a tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of next week while it moves slowly westward or west-northwestward. If anything forms here, it will most likely move into Mexico; chance of development is 40 percent.

No tropical systems are expected near the Central Gulf Coast (Gulf Shores over to Panama City Beach) for the next 7-10 days.

ON THIS DATE IN 1903: Major flash flooding along Willow Creek destroyed a significant portion of Heppner, Oregon on this day. With a death toll of 247 people, it remains the deadliest natural disaster in Oregon.

ON THIS DATE IN 2023: EF-1 tornadoes touched down near Abbeville and Eufaula. A number of tornadoes touched down the same day across Southwest Georgia.

Look for the next video briefing here by 3:00 this afternoon… enjoy the day!

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