Sunny Summer Week For Alabama
DRY AIR: The sky is sunny across Alabama this afternoon with temperatures in the 87-92 degree range, which is below average for late July. The air is dry; the humidity at Birmingham is 41 percent at 2p CT. Tonight will be fair with a low between 65 and 72 degrees.
Dry air and along with a building upper ridge means a mostly dry weather pattern for Alabama for the rest of the week and the weekend. Expect mostly sunny days and fair nights with highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s. Enough moisture could return for a few isolated afternoon storms by Friday and the weekend, but odds of any one place getting wet will stay low (less than 20 percent).
NEXT WEEK: The quiet summer pattern continues as the ridge stays in place. Afternoon storms will remain isolated, highs will be in the 90s. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: Long lived Tropical Storm Don is done; the system is now post-tropical over the cooler water of the North Atlantic far from land.
Elsewhere, a tropical wave (Invest 95L) is located a few hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. Although this system has not become any better organized since yesterday, some slow development remains possible during the next couple of days while it moves westward near 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains and strong gusty winds are possible across portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next day or two. Environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for development of this system by the middle of the week. NHC gives it only a 20 percent chance of development.
And, a weak trough of low pressure is located a few hundred miles south of Bermuda. Environmental conditions are expected to become marginally conducive for some gradual development of this system as it moves towards the southeastern U.S. coast later this week and into the weekend. NHC also gives this feature only a 20 percent of development over the next seven days.
The rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet, and there are no tropical systems near the Gulf of Mexico.
ON THIS DATE IN 1930: An estimated F5 tornado tore through Montello, Veneto, and Friuli in Italy. The tornado killed 23 people along its 50 miles path.
ON THIS DATE IN 1952: The temperature at Louisville, Georgia soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. The temperature also hit 112 degrees in Greenville, Georgia on August 20, 1983.
Look for the next video briefing here by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow…
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