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Be sure and scroll down for my response to the latest attack on TV weather in the Birmingham News yesterday, and Tim Coleman’s latest gravity wave piece. Also, you will find some viewer pictures of yesterday’s active weather.
I had 0.59″ in my rain bucket yesterday (North Shelby County)…. looks like the heaviest rain was down south; Mobile’s total was 1.10″. Tuscaloosa picked up 0.66″.
DRY THROUGH MID-WEEK: As unusually dry air moves into Alabama (for summer), looks like we will be dry today through Wednesday, with lower humidity and cooler nights. Looks like a good chance of starting the day in the upper 50s both tomorrow and Wednesday morning; pretty amazing for early July in Alabama. And, despite a good deal of sunshine, afternoon highs will be limited to the mid to upper 80s. Any showers should be confined to the far southern part of Alabama.
Looks like Thursday will be generally dry as well, but I guess we might mention isolated afternoon showers with moisture increasing.
HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Friday, a surface front will be approaching from the north, and moisture moving up from the south, so the risk of scattered, mainly afternoon storms will be needed. But, the better chance of showers could very well hold off until Saturday and Sunday as the front stalls out over Tennessee, and a deep pool of moisture hangs over Alabama. Like this past weekend, the rain won’t be continuous, but a shower or storm will be possible at just about any time, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs will be in the 87 to 90 degree range.
AT THE BEACH: Showers and storms will be around today in scattered spots, but dry air takes over down at the coast tomorrow and Wednesday with a sunny sky both days. Then, you will have to dodge scattered showers and storms on a daily basis Thursday through Sunday. Even on the days with scattered storms, there will be intervals of sunshine, of course. Highs will be generally in the mid to upper 80s.
LONG RANGE: The 00Z GFS shows a tropical system in the Southeast Gulf of Mexico on July 12, which moves in the general direction of the Central Gulf Coast. This would be a good wet-down for Alabama if this happens, but as we all know, the GFS is famous for bogus tropical systems in the medium range. Having said that, we are due for a pulse down in the tropics; lots of latent heat energy there.
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