Midday Nowcast: Hot and Humid; Beryl Moving Inland

It is a hot and humid day with random, scattered showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon and early tonight. Highs today are in the mid 90s in most places and with high humidity, heat index values are in the danger range, over 105°. A Heat Advisory is again in effect for much of Alabama.

HIGHER RAIN CHANCES: Showers and storms will increase in coverage tomorrow as deeper tropical moisture moves into the state south of the remnant circulation of Beryl, which will be passing through the Ohio Valley. Chance of your front yard seeing rain tomorrow is 60-70 percent, and it will be the wettest day of the week. The high tomorrow will be in the upper 80s and lower 90s.

BIRMINGHAM ALMANAC: For July 8th, the average high for Birmingham is 91° and the average low is 72°. The record high is 104° set in 1977, while the record low is 60° set in 1947. We average 0.17” of precipitation on this date, and the record value is 1.69” set in 1968.

BERYL INLAND: The center of Tropical Storm Beryl was located by NWS radar data near latitude 29.8 North, longitude 95.7 West. Beryl is moving toward the north-northeast near 13 mph. A turn toward the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight and Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Beryl will move over eastern Texas today, then move through the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph with higher gusts. Steady weakening is forecast, and Beryl is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center. Houston Hobby Airport recently reported a wind gust of 84 mph, and Bush Intercontinental Airport recently reported a wind gust of 82 mph. The estimated minimum central pressure is 984 mb (29.06 inches) based on surface observations. Also, over 2 million power outages in Houston have been reported.

The rest of the Atlantic Basin is quiet.

REST OF THE WEEK: A drier airmass will be pulled into Alabama Wednesday with only an isolated shower or storm possible. Highs will be in the upper 80s and with lower humidity levels will make for a pleasant summer day. Most of the state will be dry Thursday through Saturday with mainly sunny days and fair nights. Highs will be in the 90s, and humidity level will be low for July. Widely scattered showers and Storms return Sunday as moisture levels begin to rise.

NEXT WEEK: For now the weather looks very routine for mid-summer. Partly sunny, hot, humid days with “scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms” on a daily basis. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 70s.

BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Highs in the upper 80s and low 90s with storms on a daily basis. Water temperatures are very warm with mid-80s being reported up and down the Northern Gulf Coast. PLEASE pay attention to the Rip Current Flag System at each beach. Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.

WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 120.4F at Adrar, Algeria. The lowest observation was -102.1F at Dome C, Antarctica.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 129F at Death Valley, CA. The lowest observation was 28F at Peter Sinks, UT.

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