Heat Continues with Few Showers

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The surface and upper ridge over the Southeast US will continue the heat across Central Alabama today and Wednesday with highs climbing into the mid 90s with heat indices reaching about 100 degrees due to the high humidity. These are not dangerous levels, but everyone should be aware of the heat and use common sense to avoid any het-related problems.

Meanwhile, Texas is feeling the effect of Tropical Storm Bill which should move ashore this morning between Galveston and Corpus Christi. As we’ve been showing for the last several days, a wide swath of 6 to 9 inches of rain can be expected along the track of Bill and its remnants as it moves across Texas and recurves into the Ohio Valley over the next couple of days.

As the center of Tropical Storm Bill moves inland today, high surf will gradually diminish along the beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. The high rip current threat will also diminish after today. Fairly typical June weather will prevail this week, with beachside highs in the upper 80s and lows in the middle 70s. Showers and storms will form right along the immediate coast during the late morning and move inland with the seabreeze. Rain chances along the immediate coast will very low, less than 20%. Water temperatures are warming into the upper 80s now.

Shower chances remain low for the next couple of days with the upper ridge and surface high over us as they steer Bill across the Central US and into the Ohio Valley. Shower chances are expected to come up somewhat by Thursday and Friday which should help to moderate the heat just a little by bringing highs into the lower 90s.

Some model differences on the exact position of the upper ridge that is forecast to develop over the Southwest US and build our way. The latest GFS model run suggests that the ridge will build strongly into the Southeast US, so we can expect the heat to stay up if this happens. But looking out into voodoo country, the GFS also promises a rather strong trough at the very end of June for the eastern US which could spell a nice break in the heat.

-Brian-

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