Warm, Dry Weather Continues

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QUIET WEATHER: Not much change in our weather… looks like we stay dry through mid-week with partly to mostly sunny days and fair nights. Afternoon highs will remain generally in the upper 80s, with lows in the 60s.

TO THE NORTH/WEST: Severe weather is possible across the nation’s heartland every day this week… the storm chasers will be out in full force. States like Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa will have severe weather fatigue by Friday.

LATE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND: Moisture levels will rise a bit, and we might consider some risk of isolated showers Friday and Saturday, but most places will remain dry with warm air aloft. Highs will remain in the 87-90 degree range. Then, on Sunday, a weakening cold front approaching from the north should bring a little better chance of scattered showers or storms, mainly over the northern half of the state. Showers remain possible into Monday of next week as the front stalls out and dissipates somewhere around the Alabama/Tennessee border.

AT THE BEACH: The weather, generally speaking, looks great through the weekend from Panama City west to Gulf Shores. About 8 to 10 hours of sunshine each day with only isolated showers. Highs will be in the 80s, and the sea water temperature this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 77 degrees.

EARLY TROPICAL MISCHIEF: The Atlantic/Gulf hurricane season begins Saturday, and right on time the GFS continues to advertise tropical storm formation in the Gulf of Mexico during the first week of June. This idea has been on the table for 10 days or so, and SSTs and the upper pattern support the concept. The 06Z GFS takes the system from the tip of the Yucatan and into the Florida Big Bend region around Cedar Key June 6-7. If this happens to be correct, then Alabama could remain on the dry west side of the circulation, but of course nobody knows what will happen now.

Early season tropical systems rarely become hurricanes, and flooding is the main threat. Just something to keep watching in coming days. See the Weather Xtreme video for the maps, graphics, and details.

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