Hot With Scattered Storms At Midday Of This Last Day Of June

CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AT 12:00 PM
As you can see by the southeastern US Radar/Visible Satellite composite image taken at 12:00 PM, we have a good bit of scattered shower and thunderstorm activity mainly across the southern and southeastern parts of Central Alabama. The second image is from NWS Birmingham radar which can give you a better idea of where these showers and storms are located. We have a few scattered showers as far north as over parts of Blount, Jefferson, Talladega, and Clay counties. The only strong storm on the radar at this point is located over parts of Autauga, Lowndes, and Dallas counties. The strongest part of that storm cluster was located near Gardner Island and just a few miles east of Selmont. Winds up to 40 MPH and some pea size hail are possible with this storm.

Temperatures as of 12:00 PM were in the upper 70s to the mid-90s, with the cooler temperatures showing up where there is rain-cooled air. Auburn is the cool spot at 79 degrees, while Tuscaloosa is the hot spot at 94 degrees. Birmingham was sitting at 88 degrees.

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY
Clouds will continue to build throughout the hottest parts of the day and we’ll end up with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Scattered showers and thunderstorms should persist through the remainder of the day and into early evening hours, some of which could bring some gusty winds and small hail. Afternoon highs will be in the lower to mid-90s across the area, with lows dipping down into the lower to mid-70s. Rain chances range from around 50% in the northwest, to just over 60% for the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, to just over 70% in the southeast.

STORMS MORE LIKELY ON THE 1ST OF JULY
Much of the same story on Sunday with slightly higher shower and thunderstorm chances during the afternoon and early evening hours. Skies will be mostly cloudy through the day with afternoon highs topping out in the 89-93 degree range. Rain chances range from around 40% in the northwest, to near 60% for the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, to just over 70% in the southeast. A few showers and storms may linger into the overnight hours, and lows drop down into the 70-75 degree range.

A QUICK PEEK AT INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 4th, 2018, will start off with partly cloudy skies but those clouds will begin to increase with the daytime heating. We’ll have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and early evening hours. Daytime highs will be in the lower 90s. At this point, we can’t rule out a scattered shower or storm at the start for the big fireworks show at Red Mountain, but most of the rain activity should have diminished by that time.

AN UPDATE ON THE TROPICS
The North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico is calm at this time, and no new tropical cyclones are expected throughout the next 5 days.

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1989 – Winnfield, LA, reported 22.52 inches of rain in three days, and more than thirty inches for the month, a record for June. Shreveport LA received a record 17.11 inches in June, with a total for the first six months of the year of 45.55 inches. Thunderstorms also helped produce record rainfall totals for the month of June of 13.12 inches at Birmingham AL, 14.66 inches at Oklahoma City, OK, 17.41 inches at Tallahassee FL, 9.97 inches at Lynchburg, VA, and more than 10.25 inches at Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh had also experienced a record wet month of May.

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