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Looks like a quiet day in the weather office; a fairly dry airmass along with upper ridging should mean mostly dry weather for Alabama. Sure, there is almost always a chance of a shower or storm somewhere on radar on a summer afternoon here, but anything out there today should be very few and far between. Temperatures should reach the low 90s this afternoon with a good supply of sunshine. A few isolated showers could show up by tomorrow afternoon, but again most of the state will be rain-free.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: The chance of showers and storms will gradually increase during this four day period, with the coverage increasing on a daily basis. We start out with your usual array of scattered, mainly afternoon showers and storms Thursday and Friday, with those storms becoming scattered to numerous over the weekend, especially on Sunday, as a strong upper trough for summer develops from the Great Lakes down to the Tennessee Valley. The surface front associated with the trough will move down into Tennessee Sunday. Highs should drop back into the upper 80s over the weekend with the increased clouds and shower activity.
NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND: The GFS is now suggesting the boundary won’t make it into Alabama, and it keeps us in a muggy, moist airmass for most of next week, meaning some risk of scattered showers and storms just about every afternoon. Looks like highs mostly in the 87 to 90 degree range next week, not bad at all for late June and early July in Alabama. The core of the heat should stay out west through the first half of July, with seasonal heat, humidity, and showers around here.
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