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NOT AS HOT: At 2:00… Birmingham was reporting 90 degrees with a dewpoint of 68, and a heat index of 94. Not exactly a cool snap, but certainly not as hot as recent days. Slightly cooler and drier air moved into North Alabama late yesterday, and that is also responsible for most of the showers and storms forming over South Alabama today.
Dothan is also getting a welcomed break from the intense heat; yesterday they had a high of 105; today at 2:00 the temperature there was 94.
THE DAYS AHEAD: The dry line/surface front over South Alabama will lost it’s identity tonight, and moist air will cover much of the state for the rest of the week and the weekend, and we will roll with your standard summer forecast. Partly sunny, hot days with some risk of widely scattered showers and storms each afternoon. Highs mostly in the low 90s. We will also watch for any areas of organized storms that fire over Kentucky and Tennessee, since they would move south in our general direction.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS shows a noticeable displacement of the heat ridge to the west, with a vigorous upper low over Wisconsin early next week. Heights are noticeably lower over Alabama, and if this solution is correct, it would mean highs only in the mid to upper 80s with a decent chance of scattered showers and storms each day next week. Certainly not as hot and dry as the last seven days. We will see if this solution holds.
VOODOO LAND: Still no sign of any tropical issues in the Atlantic basin through mid-July, and the GFS is hinting the most intense heat in the nation by the second week of July will be over the Southwest U.S.
BAD AIR: A code orange air quality alert is in effect again tomorrow for the Birmingham metro area (Jefferson and Shelby Counties) due to the possibility of high ground level ozone levels.
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