Most of the showers and thunderstorms from this morning are down across the southern third of the state or moved over into Georgia. The sky will be gradually clearing through the afternoon with highs in the upper 80s. Tomorrow will be generally dry over the northern 2/3 of the state. Moisture levels begins to return Wednesday, and some scattered storms are possible, mainly over the southwest and west-central counties. Heat levels will rise into low 90s tomorrow, and mid 90s in many places Wednesday.
THURSDAY/FRIDAY: These days we will mention scattered showers and thunderstorms statewide, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs will be in the 90°-95° degree range both days. Pretty routine weather for mid-July across Alabama.
WEEKEND AND BEYOND: Nothing unusual in the forecast and we will go with classic summer weather for Alabama and most of the Deep South. Partly sunny days with scattered showers and thunderstorms, and afternoon highs will remain in the low to mid 90s. Most of the thunderstorm activity will occur during the afternoon and evening hours, 2PM-10PM. Of course, summer storms produce gusty winds, torrential rainfall, and the most dangerous part of summer storms, tremendous amounts of lightning. Always remember if you can hear thunder, you can be struck by lightning, even if it is sunny and clear at your location, lightning can travel miles and miles outside of the parent thunderstorm…WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS!!!
IN THE TROPICS: An area of low pressure is expected to form in a day or so several hundred miles to the east-northeast of Bermuda. This system is expected to interact with an upper-level trough, and could acquire some subtropical or tropical characteristics during the middle to latter part of this week while it moves generally eastward. By the weekend, the low should turn northward bringing the system over cooler waters, likely limiting additional development. Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent. The rest of the basin is quiet with no development expected the next seven days.
BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.
WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 120.2F at Basrah-Hussen, Iraq. The lowest observation was -90.0F Concordia, Antarctica.
CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 115F at Eloy, AZ. The lowest observation was 32F at Angel Fire, NM and Gothic, CO.
