High Heat & Humidity Hits Hard to Finish Out the Work Week

HIGH HEAT & HUMIDITY HITS HARD

Ridging will continue to keep our hot and humid airmass in place across the area today and through the end of the work week. Today will be very hot and humid with partly to mostly sunny skies. There will be a very small chance of a few afternoon scattered showers and storms. A heat advisory is in effect for all of North/Central Alabama as highs hit the mid to upper 90s and heat indices as high as 105–108 degrees. Pretty much the same story on Thursday as this heat wave continues. We’ll have partly to mostly sunny skies with a small chance of a few scattered afternoon showers and storms. Highs will once again be in the mid to upper 90s, and heat advisories will likely be issued. And no relief from the heat on Friday as the forecast pretty much remains the same. Mostly sunny with a small chance of afternoon showers and storms. Highs remain in the mid to upper 90s with high humidity levels.

VERY LITTLE HEAT RELIEF FOR THE WEEKEND

As we move into the weekend, high temperatures will start to decrease on Saturday as a surface front approaches and slowly moves into the area. Scattered to numerous storms will be possible, and highs drop to the upper 80s to the mid-90s. These conditions will persist into Sunday, with the front lingering in the area, leading to more scattered showers and storms, with highs in the upper 80s to the mid 90s.

A SMALL PEEK INTO NEXT WEEK

Back to a normal summer forecast for North/Central Alabama to start off the work week as skies will be mainly sunny with only a very small chance of an isolated shower or two. Highs on Monday and Tuesday will be in the lower to mid 90s.

After that, the GFS is painting the potential of a tropical system forming just off of the Florida Gulf Coast and move westward through the rest of the week. That may actually keep us relatively dry into the second weekend of August. But that’s out there in “Voodoo Land.”

THE TROPICAL UPDATE

A large tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is currently generating some shower and thunderstorm activity. Although development has been slow due to dry air, conditions are expected to improve as this system moves over the warmer waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. There’s a possibility that a tropical depression could form later this week near the Greater Antilles or the Bahamas. For now, the chance of formation through the next 48 hours remains low, but there is a 60 percent chance of development over the next 7 days. The southeast will need to watch as this system could potentially affect the coast from St. Petersburg, FL, to Norfolk, VA.

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY

1987 – The deadliest tornado in 75 years struck Edmonton, Alberta, killing 26 persons and injuring 200 others. The twister caused more than 75 million dollars damage along its nineteen-mile path, leaving 400 families homeless. At the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, up to 200 of the 720 homes were flattened by the tornado.

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