DRY PATTERN: An unusually dry airmass has dropped into the Deep South this morning. No rain across Alabama at daybreak, and we expect no rain through tonight. It is very hard to find a July day around here without at least a few afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
ON THE MAP: A rare July front is moving through Central Alabama this afternoon. We note a few isolated showers ahead of the front around the I-85 corridor at midday; North Alabama is rain-free in drier air moving in from the north. A few isolated storms are also over the southeast corner of the state.
A weak front is dropping south through the state, and behind it, drier air is filtering into the Alabama. Rain chances are much lower today, especially across the northern half of the state.
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DRIER DAYS: A drier airmass is slipping into Alabama early this morning. Nothing on radar at daybreak, and any showers this afternoon will be very isolated, and confined to the southern third of the state.
RADAR CHECK: We have scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms over the southern 2/3 of Alabama this afternoon… stronger storms are producing gusty winds, heavy rain, and lots of lightning. Showers and storms will end tonight as a surface front pushes southward.
Daily scattered to numerous afternoon and evening storms with highs in the upper 80s for today. Expect loads of lightning and heavy rainfall with any storms which develop.
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RADAR CHECK: Showers are isolated across Alabama early this morning, but a number of showers and thunderstorms will form across the state later today and tonight ahead of a surface front. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” of severe storms for most of the state today; heavier storms will be capable of producing strong wind gusts, heavy rain, lots of lightning, and possibly some small hail.
RADAR CHECK: Most of the rain across Alabama at mid-afternoon is over the far southern part of the state; showers are widely spaced over the northern counties. Temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 80s; Mobile is in the upper 70s thanks to clouds and rain.
The weather is not changing much today, after starting the day off with the a partly sunny sky, we are watching the radar this afternoon as scattered to numerous showers and storms will begin to develop in the coming hours.
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AM SUN/PM STORMS: Alabama’s weather won’t change through Wednesday. Partly to mostly sunny mornings, followed by scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. The chance of any one spot getting wet daily will be in the 65-75 percent range, and most of the showers will come from around 1:00 until 10:00 p.m.
Thunderstorms continue to push southeastward across Alabama this afternoon. So far, they have been non-severe.
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