Good morning!  Get ready for yet another day with highs in the middle 90’s. And, again today, the Heat Index will reach triple digit levels. Radar will be quite active, especially today and Friday.  The best chance of scattered random storms today will be along and south of I-85.  The coast will get drenched with extremely heavy rain today, associated with westward moving Invest 93-L, currently located south of the Alabama coast,  heading toward Louisiana.  Our rain chance will be highest today and Friday.  Storms will tend to thin out a bit over the weekend. There will be a video again tomorrow.  

TODAY:  Sun/cloud mix.  High near 94.  Heat index100-105. Storms will be more active today.  Random Scattered PM showers & storms in central Alabama, but much more numerous in South Alabama. Low tonight 75.

FUTURE RADAR:   Radar will me more active today.  The greatest risk of afternoon random storms will be along and south of I-85. 

Look at the Radar at mid-day Friday.  Rain will be particularly heavy from coastal Alabama westward associated with the Tropical system.

NEXT FEW DAYS: Random storms will be more numerous, especially Friday.  Storms will thin out in number over the weekend.  Meanwhile, highs in the low to mid 90’s, will lead  to more triple digit heat indices.  Lows at night will continue in the muggy mid 70’s. 

The heat index will continue in the triple digits. 

Here’s the 10 day model blend temperature guidance.  No relief ion sight.

TROPICAL OUTLOOK:  Invest 93-L is running out of room to develop as it moves westward in the northern Gulf, currently located south of the Alabama coast.  NHC has lowered The probability of Depression development to 30%

This the EURO is much more bullish of  potential tropical development.

Drenching rains are expected along the coast, especially from Alabama and MS through Louisiana.  Some places could see up to a foot of rain.

BEACH FORECAST:   Scattered to numerous storms will be most likely Friday.  Fewer storms Saturday and Sunday.    

Thanks for reading the blog. Today everything is normal including LIVE on the Radio of NewsTalk 93.1 WACV.  There will be another video forecast discussion and Blog Update in the 4 o’clock hours tomorrow morning.  You can always find my forecast updates hourly on the 8 station Bluewater family of stations every day of the year.

–Rich