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How times have changed… as I was headed into the office; I learned of the Los Angeles earthquake from a number those I follow on Twitter that live in California (using the Twinkle application on the iPhone). Then, I opened up the AOL radio application on the iPhone and listened to KNX Radio in Los Angeles… excellent information and quake coverage. You could only dream of getting information like that a few years ago.
THE ALABAMA WEATHER SITUATION: Big storms are bubbling up in the summer heat across Alabama this afternoon. With temperatures mostly in the mid 90s; surface based CAPE values are in the 3,000 to 4,000 j/kg range, and look for more storms in the heat and humidity through the rest of the afternoon.
We will expect increasing shower and storm coverage tomorrow and Thursday with decreasing heat levels. Highs will drop into the low 90s tomorrow and upper 80s on Thursday. The GFS continues the idea that Friday could be relatively wet as well, much like Thursday. I still think most Alabama communities have a great chance of receiving at least one inch of rain through Friday, and of course, some spots will see much more due to the convective nature of summer precipitation events in Alabama.
WEEKEND PEEK: At this point the weekend looks generally hot and dry for the northern half of Alabama with highs in the 94 to 97 degree range with an upper high building to the northwest of our state. Most all of the showers and storms should be mostly south of Montgomery.
NEXT WEEK: Lots of model madness, and low confidence in any solution next week. No doubt a tropical low will try to form south of Mobile late Sunday and Monday; the ultimate track of that low will determine our rain chances on Monday and Tuesday. A strong upper high shows up north of Alabama Monday and Tuesday; if that is the case the steering currents could bring the tropical low more toward Louisiana. But again, lets review everything in coming days and we can be more specific.
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