Heat Levels Slowly Rising
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today due to travel**
RADAR CHECK: So today showers and storms are not as numerous as recent days; radar shows showers and thunderstorms scattered mainly over the eastern half of the state… some of the heaviest rain was over Clay County, and around Montgomery as I write this. These showers are moving to the north/northwest, and we will maintain the chance of a few passing showers and thunderstorms statewide tonight tonight.
OUR WEEKEND: Tomorrow should be similar to today; a mix of sun and clouds with scattered showers and storms, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. The high will be around the 90 degree mark, and the chance of any one spot getting wet is about one in three.
Looks like showers will thin out even more Sunday; the 12Z models look drier with only widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and storms; the high Sunday afternoon will be in the 91 to 94 degree range with a partly sunny sky.
NEXT WEEK: The GFS is suggesting pretty standard summer weather for Alabama next week; partly sunny days with scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and storms, with highs somewhere between 90 and 95 degrees on a daily basis. Some evidence there could be an increase in the number of showers and storms over the latter half of the week with a surface front approaching from the north.
GULF COAST WEATHER: Again, a very “normal”pattern for the next several days from Panama City west to Gulf Shores; about 6 to 8 hours of sunshine each day with the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs on the immediate coast will be in the 87 to 90 degree range, and the sea water temperature this afternoon at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is a warm 87 degrees.
Check out the isolated thunderstorm tower this afternoon… looking north from the public beach at Gulf Shores… from @thundernurse58
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