The Heat Is On
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HEAT LEVELS CREEPING UP: The weather across Alabama won’t change much today through Thursday. Hot afternoon temperatures will be the headlight; most places will see a high in the 95 to 98 degree range with a good supply of summer sunshine. There will be a few cooling showers and thunderstorms around each afternoon, but they will be widely spaced due to the upper ridge overhead; the chance of any one spot getting wet is only about one in five.
FRIDAY: This will be the day with the best coverage of showers and thunderstorms as the upper ridge weakens thanks to a trough over the Great Lakes. Can’t promise rain for everybody, but no doubt this will be your best crack at getting a decent shower or storm. Temperatures fall back into the low 90s thanks to the clouds and showers.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS continues the idea of drier air working into Alabama from the north; we will mention just an outside risk of a stray shower Saturday, and we will keep Sunday and Monday dry. Temperatures will rise into the low to mid 90s, but humidity levels could very well be lower by Sunday and Monday. See the Weather Xtreme video for details and graphics.
RAIN UPDATE: Birmingham’s rain total for the year is 24.08?, making the deficiency for the year a very significant 7.89?. The deficit at Anniston is 6.26?, while Tuscaloosa needs 7.76? to get back to average for the year.
TROPICS: A weak disturbance over the northeast Gulf of Mexico will move into the far eastern part of the Florida Panhandle today with no development; this feature has enhanced showers and storms over the Florida Peninsula over the past 36 hours, but it really won’t impact our weather around here. The rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet, with very dry air over much of the eastern Atlantic.
GULF COAST FORECAST: Scattered showers and storms near Panama City could be a little more numerous today and tomorrow, but otherwise we expect about 7 to 9 hours of sunshine through Thursday from Destin to Gulf Shores with just a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the 87 to 90 degree range, and sea water temperatures are in the mid 80s.
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