More Slow Moving Storms

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Today’s weather will be very similar to what we experienced yesterday, except the afternoon storms will be in different places. A moist airpass with very high PW values is parked over Alabama, and with the heat of the day showers and storms should begin to bloom shortly after the lunch hour. With light winds aloft, the storms won’t move much, and some places will see very heavy amounts of rain (our SKYCAM in downtown Tuscaloosa picked up 2.67″ yesterday, much of that in only 30 minutes).

And, there is potential for wet microbursts in the stronger storms; brief periods of damaging straight line wind over a small area.

Away from the storms, there will be sunshine at times with a high in the 86 to 89 degree range for most Alabama communities.

TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: Showers and storms should become even more numerous tomorrow and Saturday with a surface boundary approaching from the north. Some heavy rain is possible at times. No complete wash-out, but expect lots of action on the radar. Temperatures will have a hard time getting past the mid 80s due to the clouds and showers.

The idea of drier air moving into Alabama Sunday is beginning to look bogus; not surprising since this is summer in Alabama, you know. It is usually best not to forecast a big airmass change in June, July, or August until you actually see it happen. The GFS now holds off the arrival of the dry air until the middle of next week, and I sure would not take that to the bank either.

So, we will bring back the chance of scattered showers and storms Sunday, although they should not be as numerous as the ones on Saturday.

VOODOO LAND: The GFS keeps the most intense heat out west for the latter half of June; no sign of any really excessive heat around here. We do note the 00Z GFS shows a tropical system near Key West at the end of the forecast period June 27. It will probably be gone on the 12Z run.

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J.B. will be on storm duty again today… he will update the blog as the storms fire up later today and early tonight. Stay tuned… and have a great day.

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