Just A Few Showers At Midday; Mainly Sunny & Hot

IT’S A HOT ONE AT MIDDAY
Just a few isolated showers showing up on radar as we have reached the midpoint of the noon hour in Central Alabama. These are located in the northwestern parts of Cullman County and back to the northwest through parts of Winston and Lawrence counties. Another isolated shower is about to move into the western parts of Etowah County from extreme eastern Blount County. The rest of the radar screen is precipitation free at this point, and much of the area is bathed in a good amount of sunshine. Temperatures are already up into the upper 80s to the lower 90s, with Tuscaloosa and Montgomery topping the list at 91 degrees. Birmingham is sitting at 88 degrees.

WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR MONDAY
The latest HRRR model run through the rest of the afternoon through midnight tonight shows that a few scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible mainly north of the I-20 corridor, while much of Central Alabama stays dry and hot. Afternoon highs will make it up into the upper 80s to the lower 90s throughout the area, with heat index values in the mid-90s to at or just above 100 degrees. Any showers and storms that develop should die off as we lose the heating of the day and we’ll end the late night hours with mostly clear skies. Overnight lows will be in the upper 60s to the mid-70s.

DECREASE IN STORMS BUT AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY
Tuesday looks to be an even hotter day across the area and rain chances will be decreased. Skies will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy and afternoon highs will be up in the lower to mid-90s. With the dewpoints still running in the lower 70s, heat index values will be in the upper 90s to the lower 100s. We’ll only have a small chance of isolated afternoon storms as odds are less than 1-in-5 for any one spot to get rain. Please stay hydrated if you have to be outdoors at any point of the day on Tuesday. Overnight lows will be in the lower to mid-70s.

AN UPDATE ON THE TROPICS
Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico are associated with an upper-level low pressure system interacting with a surface trough located near the Texas coast. Development of this system is not anticipated before it moves inland over Texas later today and tonight. However, heavy rainfall and flash flooding across portions of southern and southeastern Texas are likely to continue during the next few days. No threat to Central Alabama at this time. 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
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