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Seems like everyone is suggesting summer songs while we are in this hot and dry spell. How about this one from the movie “Grease”….
“Summer lovin’ had me a blast
Summer lovin’ happened so fast
I met a girl crazy for me
Met a boy cute as can be
Summer days driftin’ away, to uh-oh those summer nights”
Anyone else have a crush on Olivia Newton-John back then? Anyone old enough to remember this but me?
That was from the spring of 1978… my last spring playing music on top 40 radio… it was on to TV in the summer of 1978. Seems like it was yesterday, but that was 30 years ago. Yikes.
BIG STORMS UP NORTH: SPC maintains a moderate risk of severe weather from near Wichita to Minneapolis. Could be a major tornado outbreak here again today and tonight…. they were hammered last night (see J.B.’s post below).
IN ALABAMA: The upper ridge holds through the weekend, and our weather will stay hot and generally dry through Sunday. The 00Z GFS is more aggressive with the ridge, and shows 500 heights up to 5940 meters by the weekend. Thank goodness for some good soil moisture, which is keeping the heat in check as much of the sun’s energy goes to evaporating that soil moisture.
NEXT WEEK: The ridge begins to break down by the middle of next week, which should mean highs back in the 80s and a much better chance of scattered showers and storms by Wednesday and Thursday (6 to 7 days from now). It could very well be that the next five days will offer the hottest temperatures for Alabama during the entire month of June.
TROPICS: All is quiet and tropical storm formation is not expected through Friday.
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I will be down at the McWane Center this morning shooting some video for summer ministry work… that is always a fun place to visit. Look for the next Weather Xtreme video by 3:30 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
