Sun, Heat, Scattered Afternoon Storms

| July 14, 2025 @ 5:47 am

MID-JULY WEATHER: Classic summer weather continues across Alabama through Wednesday with partly sunny, hot, humid days and a few afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms in random spots. Highs will be in the mid 90s in most locations; some of the hottest weather we have experienced so far this summer.

The upper ridge over the region will weaken by Thursday and Friday, and we expect an increase in the number of afternoon showers and thunderstorms with highs in the 88-92 degree range. Chance of any one spot getting wet through Wednesday is 20-30 percent, and 50-60 percent Thursday and Friday.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Classic summer weather continues with morning sun and scattered afternoon and evening storms. Most of the storms will come from 1:00 until 10:00 p.m… and highs over the weekend will be in the low 90s. The pattern will likely continue through most of next week; we are in that time of the year when the weather simply doesn’t change much. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.

TROPICS: A trough of low pressure located offshore the Atlantic coast of northern Florida is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms across portions of Florida, the northwestern Bahamas and adjacent Atlantic waters. This system is forecast to move westward across Florida during the next day or so, and into the northeastern Gulf by late tomorrow.

Environmental conditions appear favorable enough to support some gradual development of this system while it moves westward to west-northwestward across the northeastern and north-central portions of the Gulf during the middle to latter part of this week. NHC gives it a 30 percent chance of development.

Global models are not showing any major development at this point. This feature will likely bring elevated coverage of showers and storms along the Central Gulf Coast at any given point for a day or two, but odds of this becoming a strong tropical storm or hurricane are very low. There will be intervals of sunshine.

The main concern is a high rip current danger Thursday and Friday

ON THIS DATE IN 1995: On the evening of Friday, July 14th, thunderstorms producing severe weather were occurring over Upper Michigan and adjacent portions of Ontario near Sault Saint Marie. By late evening the storms had evolved into a bowing line just northwest of the Mackinac Bridge. At 10:17 PM EDT, the thunderstorm gust front hit the bridge, and a gust to 90 mph was measured. Sustained winds of 80 mph continued on the bridge for ten more minutes. Thus began the intense “Ontario-Adirondacks Derecho” that would cause hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of damage, several deaths, and many injuries as it raced southeast from the northern Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast.

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

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