TUESDAY Update:  Hot Today – Wet Mid to Late Week

Good Morning!  Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.     

 
CLIMATE DATA:    Yesterday’s high in Montgomery was 96, Morning low 71.  Normal High/Low 94 and 72.  Rainfall:  0.00.            Sunrise at 6:10 AM.  Sunset 7:29

TODAY:  Another hot day today.  Lots of sunshine.  I have the rain chance under 20%.  Most places stay dry.   High in the Middle 90’s.     Low tonight 73.   

A frontal system is stretched across central Alabama.  Hi-res Future Radar examples shows an active cluster of storms affecting mainly SW Alabama today.  Many of us should stay dry.  A few stronger storms are possible.

The Storm Prediction Center has included much of SW Alabama in a Marginal Severe Risk.  Damaging wind gusts are possible.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    Storms become little more numerous again tomorrow.  Scattered to numerous storms Thursday through Saturday.   High temperatures will be down a notch by Thursday through Saturday, with increased showers & storms. Mid 90’s Wednesday.  Upper 80’s Thursday through Saturday.   Lows at night in the low 70’s.  Fewer storms Sunday.

On Wednesday, SPC has included much of South Alabama in a Marginal Severe Risk.  Damaging wind gusts are possible in a few of the stronger storms.

Potentially wet times across the Gulf South next 5 days. 

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TROPICAL OUTLOOK:  NHC is monitoring a disturbed area in the west Caribbean.  They have outlined an area in the western Gulf with a 20% chance of development in the next 5 days.  The rest of the Atlantic Basin is quiet as a mouse.

Thanks for reading this Blog this morning! This morning we are LIVE on the radio from 6 to 9 on NewsTalk 93.1.  Watch us on TV on CBS 8 and ABC 32.  I’ll have another update for you in the morning.  Have a nice day. 

–Rich

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