Warm, Humid Days; Scattered Afternoon Showers/Storms
JUNE IN ALABAMA: A very routine June pattern is setting up for the rest of the week across the Deep South. Partly sunny days, highs in the mid to upper 80s, and the risk of a passing afternoon shower or storm in a few spots. The chance of any one specific spot seeing a shower or storm will be in the 20-30 percent range daily, mainly between 2:00 and 10:00 p.m.
We note SPC has North Alabama in a severe weather risk on Friday; a surface front will be positioned just to the north, and storms that form could produce strong, gusty winds. Thankfully we are out of tornado season, and wind profiles don’t favor any tornado risk here. Showers and storms will be fewer in number over the southern counties of the state.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: The front will stay parked just to the north, and we will maintain the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. The weekend won’t be a wash-out, and the sun will be out at times. Just expect a passing shower or storm from time to time, and like Friday, where the storms form they could be heavy with potential for strong, gusty winds. Highest coverage of showers will be over the northern half of the state, and highs will be in the 80s.
NEXT WEEK: The weather will be pretty much what we expect in June in Alabama. Partly sunny, warm, humid days with the chance of “scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms” through the week. Highs remain in the 80s. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: Showers and thunderstorms located over the Florida peninsula, southeastern Georgia, the northwestern Bahamas, and the adjacent Atlantic and Gulf waters are associated with a broad trough of low pressure. A non-tropical low pressure area is forecast to form from this system near the southeastern U.S. coast during the next couple of days.
If the low spends time offshore, it could gradually develop some subtropical or tropical characteristics late this week while moving northeastward at 10 to 15 mph. Regardless of development, periods of heavy rainfall are possible for coastal portions of the Carolinas through Friday. NHC gives it only a 10 percent chance of development.
The rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet, including the Gulf.
ON THIS DATE IN 1995: Category one Hurricane Allison made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida before tracking northward as an extratropical system. Several tornadoes touched down in Georgia; the most significant of the tornadoes touched down in the town of St. Marys. An elementary school was destroyed and significant damage was also reported to several buildings at the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.
Look for the next video briefing here by 3:00 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
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