**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today…. busy with ongoing storms this afternoon**
Don’t look for much change in our weather through Thursday. A blanket of moist air will cover Alabama with the daily opportunity of scattered showers and storms. Like today, some places will see a heavy downpour and gusty winds, while other neighborhoods will miss out on the rain. The best chance of showers and storms will come during the afternoon and evening hours, when the air is most unstable, but a few morning showers can’t be ruled out around mesoscale boundaries.
A few pulse type severe storms are possible; the greatest threats will come from wet microbursts (localized areas of damaging straight line winds) and hail. Tornadoes are very unlikely this time of the year due to light winds aloft.
The chance of any one spot getting wet through Thursday will remain about one in three, and afternoon highs will be in the 87 to 90 degree range.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Still some hint that we will see an increase in the coverage of showers and storms Friday and Saturday as a surface boundary approaches Alabama from the north. The 12Z GFS now keeps moist air over most of Alabama through Sunday, and holds off any dry air intrusion until Monday. I would not be surprised if the dry air idea totally goes away in coming days; it is really hard to get a good frontal passage around here in June. Highs over the weekend should be in the 85 to 89 degree range.
VOODOO LAND: Still looks like a typical summer pattern during the latter half of June; the primary storm track remains north of Alabama, and we will have an almost daily opportunity of scattered afternoon showers or storms with temperatures near average.
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I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow… and J.B. will keep the blog updated on the Alabama thunderstorm situation this evening.
