Warm With Only Isolated Showers
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CALM WEATHER: A peek at radar around 3:00 this afternoon showers few showers over the northern half of the state; it is raining over parts of Tuscaloosa and Pickens Counties in West Alabama, but even there the showers are small and isolated. Otherwise, we have a partly sunny afternoon with temperatures generally in the 80 to 85 degree range. Muscle Shoals is the warmest spot as I write this with 86 degrees.
TOMORROW AND FRIDAY: Both the NAM and the GFS are printing a high of 87 tomorrow for Birmingham, with little if any chance of rain. No serious change on Friday; the high will be in the mid 80s with only isolated afternoon showers.
WARM WEEKEND: Highs stay in the 80s over the weekend with partly sunny days and fair nights. We will probably see a few isolated showers both afternoons, but most neighborhoods will stay dry thanks to an upper ridge overhead.
The weather looks pretty benign through the end of May with no serious severe weather or heavy rain issues showing up in medium range guidance.
AT THE BEACH: Expect mostly sunny warm days and fair nights in the area from Panama City west to Gulf Shores through the weekend. An isolated shower might pop up in a few spots, but mostly dry weather is the story with daily highs in the low 80s. Very nice for the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores this weekend. The sea water temperature at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab this afternoon is 81 degrees.
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