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Scattered showers and strong storms will remain possible across Alabama this evening, but they will diminish later tonight, and we still believe a large percentage of the weekend will be dry as the upper trough along the Atlantic coast finally weakens and lifts out. Sure, a shower or two could pop up somewhere, but they will be far and far between. The heat will also crank up a notch; look for a high in the low 90s tomorrow and mid 90s on Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS has arrived with a different tune for next week. Instead of a nice long wave trough, it keeps the main westerlies more zonal and to the north. This actually might be better for the Alabama drought situation in that this run keeps the surface front north of Alabama, and shows a generous covering of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday all the way through Friday. But, we stress for now this run is an outlier, and you know my deal; I don’t change a forecast (especially one beyond four days) based on just one run. But, it is something to watch over the weekend for sure.
TROPICS: NHC has cancelled the Air Force Hurricane Hunter mission scheduled for this afternoon; the while the disturbance in the Northwest Caribbean has flared again with convection, rather harsh upper air winds continue over the system. I still think the next period of active tropical weather will come in about 10 to 15 days.
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I have sure enjoyed being with the hundreds of kids at Summer Quest this week at Hunter Street Baptist Church… see some shots from today in the slideshow below:
I will be away on vacation next week; Brian Peters will have the Weather Xtreme video and blog discussions covered. Brian will be doing just one a day… we will resume the regular schedule when I get back on Monday June 25. I will be on the road again… this time the journey is to Washington, DC. I will post a few pictures here on the blog while I am up here… have a wonderful and blessed weekend!
