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RIGHT NOW: Fort Payne is reporting 62 degrees with a dewpoint of 59… not bad for a summer morning in Alabama!
STILL HOT THIS AFTERNOON: The air over the northern half of Alabama is still relatively dry this morning, so we believe any showers that form later today during the heat of the afternoon will be pretty isolated; the chance of any one spot getting wet is only about one in eight. Otherwise, expect a good supply of hazy sunshine today with a high in the low to mid 90s. Not much change tomorrow and Saturday, although moisture levels will be increasing a bit. We will maintain a risk of widely scattered, mostly afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY: These two days seem to offer the best chance of scattered showers and storms for our state, in terms of coverage, as a surface boundary approaches from the north, and an upper trough forms over the eastern third of the nation. And, this upper trough will pinch off the heat ridge and force it well to the west, so temperatures should come downward. Remember, this is summer, so the storms will stay scattered, and temperatures will only drop a few degrees, but we do need rain around here so we will take what we get.
NEXT WEEK: Drier and slightly cooler air slips in here Monday night, meaning lower humidity and cooler nights for the middle part of next week. Highs around 90, with lows in the 60s, and mostly likely most places will be dry Tuesday and Wednesday.
TROPICS: All is quiet across the Atlantic basin for now, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the end of the week.
AIR QUALITY: A code orange ozone alert is in effect today for the Birmingham metro area (Jefferson and Shelby Counties) due to the potential for elevated levels of ground level ozone.
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Dave Baird and I are going down to Tuscaloosa this morning for the funeral of our old radio boss, Bert Bank. We expect to see many old radio friends. We were the guys playing the hits in the 70s… vinyl records; everything from the Carpenters to Led Zepplin. I am was glad I caught the tail end of the top 40 radio era; those days were magic. I will shoot a little video with some of these people and put something together for the blog that should be here tonight. And, I am hoping to be back in time to crank out the next Weather Xtreme video by 3:30. Enjoy the day!
