BLUE SKY: For a change, the weather across Alabama today is not really hot (temperatures are in the low to mid 80s), not humid (the humidity at Birmingham is 32 percent at 3pm CT), and hot hazy (we are enjoying a cobalt blue sky). Tonight will bring another taste of fall; we project lows mostly in the 58-64 degree range early tomorrow morning with a clear sky.
Not much change tomorrow and Friday; mostly sunny days, fair pleasant nights, and low humidity levels. Highs in the upper 80s, lows in the 60s. Any showers should be confined to the Gulf Coast, and even there they should be pretty widely scattered.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday looks like another dry day for the northern two-thirds of the state, but we could see a few scattered showers over South Alabama. Then, we will mention some risk of scattered showers statewide Sunday, but the odds of any one spot getting are only around 20 percent. Highs both days will be between 87 and 90 degrees with a good supply of sunshine.
NEXT WEEK: A few scattered showers are possible Monday, but we expect an increase in the number of scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday as an upper trough approaches. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPIC: NHC is now giving only a 10 percent chance of tropical depression or storm development in the northern Gulf of Mexico over the next five days near the stalled surface front (the one that brought the dry air to Alabama). The rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet.
JULY CHILL: These are lows across Alabama this morning…
Valley Head 55
Fort Payne 56
Black Creek 56
Scottsboro 56
Cullman 57
Hamilton 57
Crossville 57
Decatur 58
Birmingham’s official low was 63… missing the record for July 24 by one degree. The record for today is 62, set in 1966.
ON THIS DATE IN 1930: An estimated, F5 tornado tore through Montello, Veneto, and Friuli in Italy. The tornado killed 23 people along its 50 miles path.
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