WARM SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON: Temperatures are generally in the 86-91 degree range across Alabama this afternoon… the exception is Mobile where they have soared to 94 degrees at mid-afternoon. Most of the showers on radar area across the southeast counties of the state, in areas generally east and south of Montgomery. A few small, isolated showers are forming elsewhere, but most places are dry with a partly sunny sky.
A FEW SHOWERS: We can use some rain around here; Birmingham has gone nine days without measurable rain. Tuscaloosa got a good downpour yesterday, but many places were dry. We will mention the chance of a few spotty showers and storms through tomorrow, but nothing really widespread. Odds of any one place getting wet will range from 10 percent across the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama, to 60 percent near the Gulf Coast.
RADAR CHECK: We note a few scattered showers over Southwest Alabama early this morning, otherwise it is a dry start to the day with temperatures ranging from the upper 50s over North Alabama, to the mid 70s over the western counties where clouds are in place. We expect a mix of sun and clouds today with just a few isolated showers around along with a high in the 80s.
RADAR CHECK: An upper trough is producing a few patches of “illegal” light rain over North Alabama early this morning (rain that wasn’t forecast), otherwise the state is dry with temperatures mostly in the 60s. The sprinkles won’t last long, and most of the state will remain rain-free today with highs in the low to mid 80s along with a mix of sun and clouds. A few isolated showers can’t be ruled out over the southern counties today.
RADAR CHECK: Showers and thunderstorms are most active this afternoon south of a line from Auburn to Greenville to Mobile… ahead of a surface front that continues to sag southward. Showers are very isolated over the northern half of the state. And, as advertised, heat levels are down with temperatures mostly in the low to mid 80s this afternoon.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few isolated showers just before daybreak near a surface front just south of I-20, but most of Alabama is dry with temperatures in the 67-74 degree range. The front will drift slowly southward this morning before becoming nearly stationary, and we will maintain the chance of widely scattered showers or storms mostly over the southern half of the state.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few isolated showers on radar this afternoon over the eastern half of the state, otherwise the sky is partly too mostly sunny with temperatures in the 87-93 degree range. Showers will end this evening, and tonight will be mostly fair with a low in the upper 60s and low 70s.
COOLER AIR ARRIVES LATER THIS WEEK: We expect a high in the 87-93 degree range across Alabama today with a partly sunny sky; a few isolated showers are possible this afternoon and early tonight, mainly over the eastern and southern counties. We note the average high for Birmingham on September 11 is 87.
RADAR CHECK: Thunderstorms continue to increase across the southern half of Alabama at mid-afternoon… generally south of a line from Chatom to Montgomery to Opelika. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for South Alabama through 8:00 p.m… heavier storms will be capable of producing hail and strong winds.
RADAR CHECK: A band of strong storms continues to drop southward early this morning across far South Alabama; they will fade over the next few hours. Additional showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon, mainly over the southern half of the state, and SPC maintains a “slight risk” (level 2/5) of severe storms for Southwest Alabama, with a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) as far north as Greensboro, Wetumpka, and Phenix City.
A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON: With a partly sunny, hazy sky we are forecasting a high in the mid to upper 80s for most places today, right at seasonal averages for early June in Alabama. Once again we will mention the chance of a few isolated storms this afternoon; the chance of any one spot seeing rain is in the 10-20 percent range.
JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS: We have just a few isolated showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon over the southern 2/3 of the state. Otherwise, the sky is partly too mostly sunny with temperatures in the 88-91 degree range for most places. The showers will end soon after sunset, and tonight will be mostly fair with a low in the 60s.
RADAR CHECK: A few isolated showers and storms are in progress across parts of the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama, and also near the Gulf Coast at mid-afternoon. The rest of Alabama is dry with a mostly sunny sky… temperatures are in the 86-91 degree range.
CLASSIC JUNE WEATHER: Alabama’s weather won’t change much through mid-week… partly to mostly sunny days, fair nights, and a few random, widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. The chance of any one spot seeing rain through Thursday is 15-25 percent, and most of the storms will form from 2:00 until 9:00 p.m.
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