The rip current risk will be moderate through Monday and lower for the remainder of the week.Ĭlick here to see the Beach Forecast Center page. Heat index values will be consistently between 105-110F. Overnight lows will be in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s. Scattered late morning and early afternoon showers and storms will be the daily offering, thanks to high temperatures, high humidity, and the seabreeze. It does not appear to be a threat to the United States, if it happens at all.īEACHCAST: It’s a preview of summer fare along the beautiful beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida in the coming days. The global models, at least the GFS, have been sporadically trying to spin up a tropical storm or hurricane in the western Caribbean or southwestern Gulf of Mexico later this week or into the following week. Just another reminder that a warm Gulf will be a problem all summer. TROPICAL MISCHIEF: A little system tried to spin up in the northern Gulf of Mexico yesterday, but it really never had a chance. Upper 90s will be common as hot weather remains the story. VOODOO COUNTRY: Drier air will continue into the following week. Highs at week’s end will still be well in the middle and upper 90s.Ī LITTLE DRIER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND: Partly cloudy conditions on Saturday and Sunday will allow temperatures to soar into the middle and upper 90s. Friday will see a few showers and storms again. A slug of moisture on Thursday coming in from the east will allow rain chances to ratchet up just a bit, but the showers and storms will be scattered at best.
Isolated showers and storms will occur Wednesday with highs between 92-95. Heat Index values these two days will be near heat advisory criteria levels for Central Alabama. Isolated storms are in the forecast Monday and Tuesday, mainly over South Alabama. Heat index values will be between 100-102F over western Alabama. HERE IN ALABAMA: Today will be dry, with highs between 91-95F. It will still be hot Thursday and Friday, but the record heat should ease a tad. Fort Wayne, IN will hit 98F if the forecast holds true. By Wednesday, the heat will be centered from Michigan to Florida. The heat moves into the Midwest Tuesday where St. The record heat will spread eastward on Monday, enveloping the Central Plains into the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. A couple of projected records for today include 113F at Phoenix and 104F at Dallas. THE HEAT IS THE STORY: Nationally, heat advisories and excessive heat warnings, as well as fire weather watches and red flag warnings cover much of the southern United States from California to northern Mississippi. Not much, but it did cool things off a bit. The shower over my home in southern Jefferson County managed to produce 0.08” of rain. The heaviest was near Wedowee in Randolph County, but it was small and isolated. A few showers developed over East Central Alabama late in the afternoon. 88’s were wild, as that was the high temperature at Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Anniston. YESTERDAY was a warm one across the area.
The heat is on today and in coming days across much of the United States, including Alabama and the Deep South as anomalous early-season heat ridge sets in across much of the country.
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