In case you haven’t noticed, it’s hot!
1 p.m. temperatures and the difference from the same time yesterday:
Birmingham 100F (+2F)
Tuscaloosa 1001F (same)
Anniston 102F (+4F)
Muscle Shoals 103F (-1F)
Huntsville 102F (+1F)
It’s actually been 101F already at Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.
Highs will range between 100F and 106F.
Heat index values are running 102F-110F. Air and heat index values will rise another 3-5 degrees this afternoon.
The NWS has upgraded the heat advisory to an excessive heat warning through tomorrow evening for most of Central Alabama.
The chance of a cooling storm today is almost nil. The best chance would be over southwestern sections, south of Tuscaloosa.
LATE NOTE
John Talbot reports that Birmingham Fire is working a situation where power is out at a local retirement home and there is no air conditioning. Several residents are in distress. Power should be restored soon. Just another reminder of the danger from this heat.
