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Tropical Depression Three Forms Off Southeast Coast

Tropical Depression Three Forms Off Southeast Coast

| July 4, 2025 @ 4:23 pm

Tropical Depression Three has formed near the Southeast coast and could become a tropical storm before making landfall in South Carolina on Sunday.

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Showers Remain Isolated; Most Of The Weekend Dry

Showers Remain Isolated; Most Of The Weekend Dry

| July 4, 2025 @ 2:50 pm

RADAR CHECK: A few isolated showers and storms have formed this afternoon over parts of Central and South Alabama; heavier thunderstorms are over the southern half of the state, and they are moving westward today.

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Midday Nowcast: Plenty of Sunshine and Heat for America’s Birthday

Midday Nowcast: Plenty of Sunshine and Heat for America’s Birthday

| July 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am

On this date in 1776, Thomas Jefferson paid for his first thermometer, and signed the Declaration of Independence. According to his weather memorandum book, at 2 PM it was cloudy and 76 degrees in Philadelphia. We are no where near 76° in Alabama today as it is hot and mainly dry.

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Alabama News Center — Can’t Miss Alabama: Fourth of July ideas, summertime favorites

Alabama News Center — Can’t Miss Alabama: Fourth of July ideas, summertime favorites

| July 4, 2025 @ 9:00 am

We have plenty to see and do for the Independence Day celebrations, and they start today. See the listings in this edition of Can’t Miss Alabama.

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Only Isolated Showers Through The Weekend; Hot Afternoons

Only Isolated Showers Through The Weekend; Hot Afternoons

| July 4, 2025 @ 5:38 am

CALM SUMMER PATTERN: A quiet weather pattern continues across the Deep South through the holiday weekend. Partly sunny days, fair nights, and only isolated afternoon showers. The chance of any one community seeing a shower each afternoon is only around 10 percent, and afternoon highs will be in the 90-95 degree range.

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Quiet Pattern Through The Holiday Weekend

Quiet Pattern Through The Holiday Weekend

| July 3, 2025 @ 2:32 pm

DRY DAY: Alabama is rain-free this afternoon with a partly sunny sky. Temperatures are generally in the 88-92 degree range… tonight will be fair with a low between 66 and 72 degrees.

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Midday Nowcast: Hot and Mainly Dry through Independence Day Weekend

Midday Nowcast: Hot and Mainly Dry through Independence Day Weekend

| July 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am

With the drier in place, showers if any, will be few and far between through Sunday. Expect lots of sunshine and slightly higher heat levels. Highs will be in the low 90s for most places, but humidity levels are down.

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Dry Air Settles Into Alabama And The Deep South

Dry Air Settles Into Alabama And The Deep South

| July 3, 2025 @ 5:44 am

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.

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Dry Days Ahead For Alabama For A Change

Dry Days Ahead For Alabama For A Change

| July 2, 2025 @ 3:01 pm

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.

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Midday Nowcast: Rain Chances Decreasing; Tropical Mischief Chances Increasing

Midday Nowcast: Rain Chances Decreasing; Tropical Mischief Chances Increasing

| July 2, 2025 @ 10:42 am

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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The Alabama News Center — Groups dream of rescuing beloved Alabama lighthouse from time, weather, erosion

The Alabama News Center — Groups dream of rescuing beloved Alabama lighthouse from time, weather, erosion

| July 2, 2025 @ 10:07 am

With binoculars focused on a tiny plot of sand off the coast of Dauphin Island, a lighthouse comes into focus.

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Drier Days Ahead For Alabama; Heat Levels Creep Up

Drier Days Ahead For Alabama; Heat Levels Creep Up

| July 2, 2025 @ 5:39 am

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.

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Storms This Evening; Drier Air Settles Into The State Tomorrow

Storms This Evening; Drier Air Settles Into The State Tomorrow

| July 1, 2025 @ 2:41 pm

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.

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Midday Nowcast: Quiet Radar for Now; Increasing Strong Storms this Afternoon

Midday Nowcast: Quiet Radar for Now; Increasing Strong Storms this Afternoon

| July 1, 2025 @ 10:02 am

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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