Good morning! Alabama continues to gradually get hotter. Summer-like heat is locked in through Memorial Day Weekend. Humidity is increasing, but still not out of control. Dewpoints are in the 60’s, which is bad enough, Dewpoints will reach 70 or above this weekend, The heat index will be near or above 100. Actual highs will be in the lower 90’s each day. We’re dry through today. But, starting tomorrow, and over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, there will be a few widely scattered, random, “hit or miss” storms each day. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
TODAY: A sun/cloud mix Very warm. High near 90. SE wind 5 to 10 mph. Partly cloudy tonight. Low 69.
NEXT FEW DAYS: Summer heat is locked in through Memorial Day Weekend. Humidity is increasing, but so far, not out of of control. Actual highs will be in the lower 90’s each day. Starting Friday and over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, there will be a few widely scattered, random, “hit or miss” storms each day, The heat index will be nudging the triple digit boundary Saturday through Monday,
Spotty random storms over the weekend. Best chance Monday, The best rain chance will mostly be north of I-20. Otherwise, It’s a pretty routine Memorial Day Weekend.
Strong to severe storm threat will mainly be confined to the northern part of the state Friday & Saturday.
BEACH FORECAST: Should be a pretty typical Memorial Day weekend.. Widely Scattered, random, “hit or miss”, mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms will be prowling around. Gulf water temperature 80. Moderate rip current risk Friday through Monday.
Thanks for reading the blog. There will be another complete Blog update and video forecast discussion tomorrow morning. This morning, everything is normal including LIVE on the Radio from 6 to 9AM on NewsTalk 93.1 – WACV. Have a day!
-Rich