**Just one video briefing per day this week**
RADAR CHECK: Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue to develop across Alabama this afternoon… they are most numerous over the southern third of the state. Stronger storms are producing heavy rain, gusty winds, and lots of lightning. Away from the showers and storms, temperatures are in the low to mid 90s with a partly sunny sky. Showers and storms will end late tonight.
After today heat levels slowly fall, and coverage of scattered showers and storms will continue to rise through the weekend. Highs will be in the low 90s tomorrow and Friday, and by Saturday and Sunday most Alabama communities will see a high in the 80s. Probability of any neighborhood seeing rain daily is 50-70 percent; most (but not all) of showers will come from noon to midnight.
NEXT WEEK: Global models suggest temperatures will remain below average for the first half of the week with highs between 85 and 90 degrees… then low 90s are likely Thursday and Friday. And, each day we will have the usual round of random, scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: The Atlantic basin remains very calm and tropical storm/hurricane formation is not expected for at least the next seven days. We are moving into the peak of the hurricane season… August, September, and the first half of October.
ON THIS DATE IN 1979: A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, Colorado with baseball to softball size hail. Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones.
Look for the next video briefing video here by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow…
