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As expected, there is nothing on our Pinpoint Doppler Radar, at least over the northern half of Alabama, this afternoon. Birmingham’s dewpoint has dropped to 61, and the Gadsden Airport is reporting a dewpoint of 57 at 2:00. Very refreshing for July in Alabama. But, moist air is not all that far away; you can clearly see the surface boundary on the high resolution visible satellite images between Montgomery and Mobile. Cumulus clouds are south of the boundary, and dewpoints are in the low 70s in that part of South Alabama.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: The higher dewpoints surge northward tomorrow, and with some short wave energy to the west and a surface front to the north, we will bring back a good chance of showers and storms by tomorrow afternoon. The moist air is here to stay for a while, and we will maintain the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms on both Saturday and Sunday. With the sky cloudy at times over the weekend, looks like highs will be somewhere between 87 and 91 for most communities.
NEXT WEEK: Still no need to veer off from a standard mid-July forecast; hot humid days with a partly sunny sky and the daily opportunity of scattered afternoon showers and storms in a most airmass.
LONG RANGE: Although the GFS has been rather inconsistent in it’s output in the 8 to 16 day time frame, we don’t expect any real excessive heat here for the rest of July. Odds are the heat bubble will be setting up to the west and north of here, and the daily round of scattered afternoon showers and storms should help keep the heat from getting out of hand. Understand, the weather will be hot and muggy on most days, but highs should remain in the low to mid 90s.
TROPICS: The Atlantic basin is quiet, but typhoon Man-Yi in the western Pacific is headed right toward Okinawa, packing sustained winds of almost 150 mph. The system might get a little stronger, putting it in the Category Five zone. See Weatherparty.com for related stories…
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Thanks to the kids at Valley Elementary this morning for having me out… I did a program for their ESL summer camp program, and the kids were a great audience. Be looking for them on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News. Look for the next Weather Xtreme video here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow….
