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FAMILIAR WORDS: You will hear the words “scattered showers and storms” in our forecast most days for the next four months, so you might get used to them. They are developing on radar now, and will be around again tomorrow in the warm, muggy air covering Alabama. The best chance of showers and storms tomorrow will be generally in the 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. time frame, and they should be a little more numerous than today as the upper ridge weakens a bit over Alabama.
THE WEEKEND: Showers and storms are likely both Saturday and Sunday, as the upper ridge continues to weaken, and a copious amount of moisture covers the state. Don’t be shocked if some heavy rain falls in spots; most places should see 1 to 2 inches of rain Saturday and Sunday. While severe weather isn’t especially likely, there could be a few strong thunderstorms involved. The rain won’t be continuous over the weekend, but a shower or storm is possible at just about any time, so take the rain gear if you are headed to the Regions Charity Golf Classic at Ross Bridge. Our high on Saturday will be close to 80, but the GFS is now printing a high of only 63 for Sunday. Looks like we will need to trend our forecast highs down a bit Sunday thanks to clouds, rain, and some cool air advection.
NEXT WEEK: Drier air invades the state early next week, and it looks like most of Alabama will be rain-free on Monday and Tuesday with lower humidity and cooler nights. The GFS MOS is now printing a low of 47 degrees for Birmingham at daybreak Monday; that will sure feel good if it verifies. Tuesday morning should be just about as cool. Moisture will return over the latter half of the week.
LAND OF VOODOO: Nothing very exciting shows up during the last week of May on the GFS; the westerlies are up north, and we are left in a warm, humid airmass with some risk of scattered showers and storms most days. Looks very much like summer is setting in…
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