Heating up too quick across Alabama today. By 1 pm, the old thermometer had been officially this high:
98 Decatur and Shelby County Airport
99 Huntsville, Tuscaloosa
100 Muscle Shoals
101 Birmingham, Montgomery, Anniston
However, the dew point at Muscle Shoals was only 59 with relative humidity only 25%
The relative humidity at Birmingham Airport was 26% (Translation: Makes the heat a bit easier to tolerate)
THE RAIN SITUATION
Not a drop in Alabama at this hour. Nearest shower to Birmingham was over the NW corner of South Carolina.
Pouring rain over the Midwest again today, especially NW Iowa. Major flash-flooding in a number of states in the last 24 hours.
HURRICANE DEAN
He is inland on the Gulf Coast of Mexico and sustained winds down to 85 mph.
