Drier Air Pushes Into Alabama Friday
RADAR CHECK: We have random, scattered showers and thunderstorms over roughly the southern 2/3 of Alabama at mid-afternoon. Otherwise the sky is partly to mostly sunny across the state with temperatures in the 80s. Scattered showers and storms will fade away tonight after sunset.
Not much change tomorrow and Thursday; expect partly sunny days with a few scattered showers and thunderstorms around, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. The more numerous showers on Thursday will likely be over the southern half of the state.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: A dry, continental airmass will drop into Alabama Thursday night, and at this point most of the state is looking rain-free Friday and Saturday with lower humidity and cooler nights. Highs will be in the 80s, but some of the cooler spots over North Alabama could dip into the upper 50s early Saturday morning. Global models now suggest a disturbance will likely bring a return of scattered showers and storms on Sunday, but it won’t rain all day.
NEXT WEEK: Global models have backed off on the idea of another surge of dry air Monday; for now we will broad brush the week with the typical summer pattern of partly sunny days and “scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms”. Showers will be most numerous over the northern half of the state; highs will be mostly in the 80s. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: All remains quiet across the Atlantic basin, and tropical storm formation is not expected for the next seven days.
ON THIS DATE IN 1995: Category one Hurricane Allison made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida before tracking northward as an extratropical system. Several tornadoes touched down in Georgia; the most significant of the tornadoes touched down in the town of St. Marys. An elementary school was destroyed and significant damage was also reported to several buildings at the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.
Look for the next video briefing here by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow…
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