LIKE SUMMER: Temperatures are mostly in the low to mid 80s across Alabama this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. Showers are most active over the southern half of the state, but a few isolated showers have formed over the northern counties as well.
RADAR CHECK: At mid-afternoon most of the scattered showers and storms across Alabama are over the Tennessee Valley; a few spots there are seeing heavy rain. But, for the rest of the state, showers are few and far between with a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures are mostly in the 84-89 degree range, and the scattered showers will end this evening.
FOGGY START FOR SOME: A dense fog advisory is in effect for parts of Central and Southwest Alabama early this morning; that fog will dissipate by mid-morning. Otherwise it is a calm morning across Alabama with very few showers on radar at daybreak. The sky will be occasionally cloudy today, with scattered showers and storms forming by midday, and continuing through the evening hours.
RADAR CHECK: A number of summer soakers are in progress across Alabama this afternoon… heaviest rain is generally south of I-20. Understand it isn’t raining everywhere… that is just the way it works here this time of the year. Summer thunderstorms are random and scattered, but the stronger storms this afternoon are producing torrential rain, strong gusty winds, small hail, and lots of lightning.
NOT AS HOT: The core of the upper high that has been responsible for above average temperatures across the Deep South over the past week is shifting west, meaning lower heat levels this week, and a better coverage of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Humidity values will be high each day, but afternoon highs this week will be mostly in the 85-89 degree range, a good ten degrees lower than those we experienced last week.
RADAR CHECK: At daybreak we have a band of showers and thunderstorms dropping southward through the southern third of Alabama, and a handful of isolated showers over the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama. Better chance of strong storms today will be over extreme South Alabama, where SPC has defined a “marginal risk” of severe thunderstorms due to the potential for some hail and strong gusty winds.
RADAR CHECK: Scattered showers and thunderstorms persist over the northern quarter of the state this afternoon, but Central and South Alabama dry with a partly to mostly sunny sky. Temperatures are mostly in the 85-90 degree range; the average high for Birmingham on June 7 is 87. Storms over North Alabama will diminish later tonight after sunset.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few scattered thunderstorms over Northeast Alabama early this morning moving eastward… the rest of the state is dry with temperatures generally in the low and mid 70s. Look for a mix of sun and clouds today with more random, scattered storms firing up this afternoon and early tonight. Chance of any one spot getting wet today is 50-60 percent, and the high will be in the upper 80s for most communities.
HOT, HUMID DAYS; A FEW STORMS: It is that time of the year when the weather doesn’t change too much, and we have some risk of a shower or storm just about every afternoon. That will be the case this week; the forecast will include partly sunny, hot, humid days with highs around 90 degrees. And, on daily basis, we will deal with “scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms”.
RADAR CHECK: Most of Alabama is dry this afternoon, but strong storms are entering the northwest corner of the state ahead of an upper trough. A few storms over Northwest Alabama this evening could produce strong gusty winds… SPC maintains a “marginal risk” for areas north of a line from Hamilton to Huntsville. Away from the storms, the sky is partly to mostly sunny with temperatures mostly in the low 90s… right at seasonal averages for mid-August.
HOT, HUMID DAY AHEAD: We expect a pretty decent amount of sun across Alabama today with a high around 90 degrees this afternoon, but a few pop up storms are possible during the peak of the heat. The better chance of thunderstorms is across the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama, and SPC has a low end “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe storms defined for areas north of a line from Hamilton to Decatur to Huntsville.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few scattered showers and thunderstorms across Central Alabama at mid-afternoon, in a broad band from near Centreville to Clanton to Auburn. The showers are drifting north, and will end after sunset. The rest of the state has a partly sunny sky, and temperatures are mostly in the 87-91 degree range.
A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS: We do note a few isolated showers early this morning over the northwest corner of Alabama, but the rest of the state is rain-free as the day begins with temperatures around 70 degrees. Upper ridging builds over the region temporarily, and that should mean a decrease in the number of showers and thunderstorms both today and tomorrow; odds of any one spot getting wet both days are in the 20-30 percent range.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few scattered showers and thunderstorms over the southern half of Alabama this afternoon… mainly south of U.S. 80, where moisture is deeper. The northern half of the state is dry, and temperatures are generally in the 87-90 degree range. Scattered storms over South Alabama will fade a bit tonight after sunset.
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