Saturday’s Weather Briefing — Hot & Dry Today; Storms Return Tomorrow

THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND
Today will be a hot one for sure as we’ll have a mix of sun and clouds. No rain for today or tonight to help cool us off any. Highs in the upper 80s to the mid 90s. The good news is that the humidity levels will be lower, so it won’t feel all that bad. On Sunday, a low will be moving out of the upper Midwest and into the Great Lakes region, that will start pushing a cold front toward Alabama, and advecting moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico. Scattered showers and storms will be possible throughout the day and into the evening. Highs in the upper 80s to the lower 90s.

THE LAST WORK WEEK OF JUNE
The cold front will continue to move toward the area on Monday, that will keep our weather unsettled. Scattered showers and storms will be possible throughout the day, and a few strong storms will be possible as well. Right now, the better dynamics will stay off to our north. Highs in the upper 80s to the lower 90s. The weakening front will move into the area on Tuesday, and will keep a small chance of a few isolated to scattered showers and storms possible along and ahead of it. Highs in the upper 80s to the mid 90s.

Ridging starts to build in over the area on Wednesday, and temperatures will be hotter. We’ll have sunny skies with highs in the lower to mid 90s. We go even hotter on Thursday with mainly sunny skies, but a few of us may see an isolated afternoon shower or storm. Highs in the lower to mid 90s in the east and up into the upper 90s in the west and southwest. And at the end of the forecast period on Friday… No change in the weather as we’ll continue to have mostly sunny skies and highs in the 90s. Only a small chance of a few scattered showers and storms to bring very little heat relief to some of us.

THE TROPICS

Wind shear is really starting to cause Brett to lose its organization and weakening has begun. That trend will continue until it dissipates over the central Caribbean Sea. Winds are down to 50 mph as of this report (4 pm CDT).

Tropical Storm Cindy also has winds at 50 mph at the same time and looks very healthy on satellite. Cindy could actually be even stronger, but dry air is being pulled into the system limiting any further strengthening. Wind shear will become a problem, and Cindy is expected to become a remnant low by Tuesday afternoon.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1975 – A fairly innocuous looking thunderstorm at JFK airport in New York City produced a microburst that caused Eastern Airline 66 to crash 2400 feet short of the runway. 112 people were killed. The control tower, only 1.2 miles away, was never affected by the microburst as the outflow was held back by a sustained sea breeze front.

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