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TODAY: The models continue to suggest that showers and storms today will be widely separated; and with a little more sun many places will rise into the low 90s today. Interesting to note that Birmingham has remained below 90 degrees for the last five consecutive days.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: We are watching the action up north in response to a surface boundary dropping southward, and that front should bring an increase in the number of showers and storms by tomorrow afternoon, and maybe even tomorrow night. The big question remains the ultimate destination of that front. The 00Z GFS has it around U.S. 278 at midday Saturday, or along a line from Hamilton to Cullman to Gadsden. This looks pretty reasonable to me, so Saturday should be dry for the Tennessee Valley of extreme North Alabama, but we will keep scattered showers and storms in the forecast for the southern two-thirds of the state.
The dry air continues to seep southward Saturday night, and by Sunday the moisture is limited to the southern third of the state. So, we will go ahead and drink the Kool-Aid and forecast a sunny day here on Sunday with lower humidity values. Then, on Monday and Tuesday of next week enough moisture could return for a few hit and miss afternoon showers, but most likely they will be widely scattered.
LONG RANGE: Still no sign of any serious weather anomalies for the rest of July and into the first couple of days of August; looks pretty much like typical summer fare around here.
I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted by 3:30 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
