Hit And Miss Storms

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CLASSIC SUMMER AFTERNOON: Summer storms in Alabama are usually…

*During the afternoon or evening hours
*Very scattered and random in nature
*Slow moving
*Very frustrating if you need rain, but still are close enough to one to hear thunder

That has been the case today… one storm dropped 1.35″ of rain in downtown Tuscaloosa in only 15 minutes or so, producing flash flooding through the downtown area and parts of the University of Alabama campus. But, some of the neighborhoods over west and north Tuscaloosa had no rain at all.

Scattered showers and storms will continue through the evening hours… and will die down slowly late tonight.

Temperatures remain generally below average, with many places only in the mid to upper 80s thanks to the clouds and showers.

REST OF THE WEEK: Models continue to suggest tomorrow will be a drier day with only widely scattered showers, and a high in the low 90s. Then, look for an increase in the number of showers and storms on Thursday and Friday as an upper trough begins to carve out over the eastern U.S. Looks like we won’t get out of the 80s Friday thanks to the clouds and rain.

REFRESHING WEEKEND CHANGE: We will go ahead and buy into the GFS idea of an anomalous upper trough over the eastern U.S. over the weekend, which will bring down drier, and slightly cooler continental air into the Deep South. The GFS is now printing a high of only 85 degrees on Saturday (for Birmingham), and 89 on Sunday. Both days should feature a good supply of sunshine, lower humidity, and cooler nights. I am now thinking some of the cooler valleys across Northeast Alabama could very well reach the upper 50s at daybreak Sunday; that will be a real preview of fall!

Looks like Monday of next week will stay dry, with a slow increase in moisture through mid-week. See the Weather Xtreme video for more long range ideas.

TROPICS: Ernesto is now a category one hurricane; it should move into the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico late tonight, far to the south of our Gulf Coast. The rest of the Atlantic basin is rather quiet.

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Category: Alabama's Weather