Clouds To The South, Sun To The North As We Approach Midday

AT 10:45 AM
It is still so amazing to watch these high-resolution visible satellite images coming from GOES-16. In this animation, you can clearly see the fog lifting out of the valleys in the mountainous regions of northeast Alabama as we get later in the morning.

At this time we continue to have a good bit of cloud cover over the southern parts of Central Alabama as we make the approach to the 11 o’clock hour, while the rest of the area is getting a good supply of sunshine. Nearly all of the area is dry with the exception of a few isolated showers in Marengo and Pike counties. Temperatures are in the mid-70s to the lower 80s in the southern half of the area, while the northern half is in the lower to mid-80s. The warm spots are Tuscaloosa and Haleyville, both at 86 degrees, while the cool spot is Auburn at 74 degrees. Birmingham was at 84 degrees.

WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR FRIDAY
While all of Central Alabama has a chance of scattered showers and storms today, the higher risks will be in the southern half of the area (around 50%-70%). North of the I-20 corridor, chances of rain for any location will be around 20%-30%. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy, with afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 80s in the south, while the northern half will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s. With dewpoints in the lower 70s today, the heat index values will be ranging in the mid-90s to at or just over 100 degrees. Please take it easy while outside, and be sure to stay hydrated.

For tonight, rain chances will begin to diminish as we lose the heating of the day, but a few showers could linger around into the late night and into the overnight hours. Those overnight rain chances will be highest in the southwestern parts of the area. We’ll also have to deal with some dense fog developing in parts of the area during the overnight hours and a fog advisory may be issued. Overnight lows will be in the lower 70s.

HOT & HUMID WITH RANDOM SCATTERED STORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
We’ll continue to have a similar weather pattern throughout Central Alabama for the weekend… Hot, hazy, and humid, with scattered mostly afternoon and evening showers and storms on both days. There will be more clouds than sun for the most part and afternoon highs will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s throughout the area. Rain chances for any one location will be around 40% on both days for much of the area, with the chances being slightly higher for the southern parts of the area on Saturday. As with these summertime storms we will have to watch for one or two of these to become strong with gusty downdraft winds, but all of these storms will contain dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. If thunder roars, go indoors! If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to the parent thunderstorm to be struck by lightning.

AN UPDATE ON THE TROPICS
The area of disturbed weather that is located over the southern Gulf of Mexico is no longer a threat to form into a tropical cyclone. The rest of the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico is calm.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1989 – Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast States. The thunderstorms spawned eight tornadoes, including strong (F-3) tornadoes which injured three persons at Mountville PA and four persons at Columbia, PA. There were 111 reports of large hail and damaging winds, including wind gusts to 80 mph at Norfolk, VA, and Hogback Mountain, SC.

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