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TODAY AND TOMORROW: Not much change in the overall weather for the next 48 hours; today and tomorrow will be hot and hazy with a partly sunny sky, and a few pop-up showers and storms should be found on the radar during the heat of the day. Highs in the low to mid 90s; the chance of any one spot getting wet today and tomorrow about one in five.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY: This is when we should see a general increase in the number of showers and storms; an upper trough forms over the eastern third of the nation, driving a surface boundary down this way. SPC even has the Tennessee Valley of extreme North Alabama under a slight risk of severe weather late Sunday and Sunday night due to the potential for hail and strong winds with the heavier thunderstorms. Looks like we stay under 90 degrees Monday with clouds around and a good chance of showers and thunderstorms. That will be a refreshing change.
NEXT WEEK: Drier and slightly cooler air moves in here Monday night, and at this time the rest of the week looks dry with lower humidity during the day and cooler nights. Some of the cooler valleys across North Alabama might reach the upper 50s at daybreak Wednesday… that is about as cool as it gets around here in late June and early July. We will keep an eye on the old front, which should be draped across the northern Gulf of Mexico, sometimes tropical systems can develop with those things.
TROPICS: Speaking of the tropics, storms have flared with a tropical wave in the western Caribbean, the wave should move into Central America before it has a chance to develop. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for more.
VOODOO LAND: The 00Z GFS develops a strong upper trough over the eastern U.S. around July 8 which could bring a good chance of showers and storms, followed by drier and slightly cooler air. No sign of any intense, long lasting heat wave through mid-July (upper 90s or triple digits).
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