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Anyone remember this song from Sly and the Family Stone?
“End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi Hi Hi Hi there
Them summer days, those summer days
That’s when I had most of my fun, back
high high high high there
Them summer days, those summer days
I “cloud nine” when I want to
Out of school, yeah
County fair in the country sun
And everything, it’s true, ooh yeah
Hot fun in the summertime’
You can tell it is summer when I start pulling out the cheesy song lyrics from the 70s.
HEAT LEVELS UP, SHOWER COVERAGE DOWN: That is the story for the next five days as a strong upper ridge noses into Alabama from the west.
Today, the best chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon will be east of I-65, but even there the storms will be pretty isolated. Those of you in West Alabama have little hope for rain with warm air aloft putting a lid on the atmosphere. Temperatures this afternoon will exceed 90 degrees just about everywhere.
I do believe most of the state will be dry tomorrow through Friday, but it is hard to rule out an afternoon shower or storm somewhere on radar, especially if an outflow boundary can creep into Alabama from the north, or a pocket of colder air aloft shows up. These small scale features can’t be identified on synoptic scale model output you see on the Weather Xtreme video. Daily highs will be in the 90 to 95 degree range.
WEEKEND PEEK: A major tornado event seems likely Thursday and Friday from the Great Plains to the Midwest; that trough will pass well to the north of Alabama, but it might make a slight dent in the ridge, and we will mention a chance of widely scattered afternoon storms over the weekend. But, still most of the period will stay dry and hot with highs in the low 90s.
LONG RANGE: The GFS continues to hint at the upper ridge breaking down slightly during the mid-month period, with an increased chance of scattered showers and storms in the June 13-16 time frame. But, we all know that is voodoo. And, nothing serious shows up in the tropics (at least the Atlantic side) for the next 16 days. But, we note the SST along the Alabama coast is up in the mid 80s now; lots of latent heat energy there. We will be watching.
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MAD METEOROLOGIST: I will have some fun with science this summer during a couple of special events for kids… I will be at the Double Oak Community Church Summer Extreme 2:52 (older people know this as Vacation Bible School) next week, June 9-13 in Mount Laurel (for those who have finished K through fifth grade), and at the Hunter Street Summer Camp at Camp Boothe July 24-26 (for those who have finished 2nd through 4th grade).
CONGRATULATIONS to J.B. and Judy Elliott today… their 48th wedding anniversary! J.B. says he has promised Judy a cruise on Lake Purdy for their 50th anniversary. I will be there to take pictures.
Look for the next Weather Xtreme video here by 3:30 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
