Good Morning! We’ve been close to 100° again today. The heat index may flirt with 105 again. There is a weak front in the state. Rain chance in Alabama today is not zero, but 20% or less, mainly east of I-65. The hot and mostly dry pattern will continue. Expect upper 90’s Friday and Saturday. We’ll mention a very small chance of random storms Sunday through Tuesday. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
TODAY: Lots of sunshine. Hot & dry .High near 100. Heat index 102 to 105. (Record 103 from 2007) NW wind 6 to 12 mph. Low 77.
Rain chance in the state today is not zero, but 20% or less, mainly east of I-65.
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. TROPICAL: Tropical StormDebby Made it’s second US Landfall overnight on the SC coastline. It’s still producing tornadoes and prolific rainfall totals. Today it gets picked up by a through and heads for the northeast US. More extreme rainfall and a tornado threat
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There’s a new Aare to Watch in the Tropical Atlantic heading toward the Caribbean. Right now there is 20% chance of development next days.
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NEXT FEW DAYS: Our extremely hot and bone dry pattern will continue. Expect upper 90’s Friday and Saturday. (Normal hi/lo 84/72) Lows at night in the mid 70’s. We’ll mention a very small chance of random storms Sunday through Tuesday.
BEACH: The weekend Beach forecast looks pretty good!. Rain chances will be very low. Isolated storms. Highs in the low 90’s. Gulf water 88. Medium Rip Current Risk.
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 nice day!
–Rich