**No afternoon video today… we will get back to the “two a day” schedule early next week**
WET AND STORMY AT TIMES: Looks like our forecast of scattered to numerous showers and storms through Saturday is still in good shape as a slow moving surface boundary approaches from the north.
Storms for the rest of this afternoon and early tonight will have the potential to produce very heavy rain, due to their slow movement, lots of lightning, and some small hail until they diminish after sunset. A few more severe thunderstorm warnings will probably be required.
The GFS is printing 1.30″ for Birmingham during the next 60 hours, but of course just one big downpour can bring that much rain in less than one hour in this kind of pattern. Some spots could easily have over two inches of rain between now and Saturday.
While most of the showers and storms will come during the afternoon and evening hours; we can’t rule out a few morning showers on Saturday thanks to small scale boundaries that might be hanging around.
Showers and storms will become more scattered Sunday, and drier air slowly moves in here early next week, and at this point the chance of showers looks pretty small for the first half of the week. But, you know the deal… sometimes you really need to see the dry air in here before you believe it this time of the year.
VOODOO LAND: No real change in our thinking for the latter half of June; looks like the hottest weather in the nation will be out west; a mean upper trough over the eastern U.S. should keep temperatures in check here, with occasional periods of scattered showers and storms.
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Look for the next Weather Xtreme video here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow… and J.B. will keep the blog updated with fresh information on the Alabama thunderstorm situation for the
