SCATTERED DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAIN… Numerous downpours of heavy rain are happening across south Alabama and northwest Florida midday on this Saturday. At the moment, the storms extending from Brewton southwest to Molino are producing the heaviest rainfall. Very heavy rain is happening near Brewton, East Brewton, Keego, Pollard, Flomaton, Century, Mosquito Flats, Jay, Bluff Springs, McDavid, and Bogia. We note that light to moderate rain is happening near Pensacola, Mobile, Thomasville, Mary Esther, Perdido Key, Orange Beach, Prichard, and Saraland.
WHAT TO EXPECT – THIS AFTERNOON… More showers and thunderstorms are expected to pop up over the next 6-8 hours before sunset. These storms could produce heavy rain, cloud-to-ground lightning, and gusty winds. Severe weather is not expected today and the tornado risk remains at or near zero. For areas that haven’t had rain so far today, high temperatures will surge to around 90 degrees. For areas that have had rain, it looks like high temperatures will peak around 85. I’ll have radar updates in the RedZone Weather app over the next few hours as needed.
GROUND TRUTH PICS ARE HELPFUL… Thank you to everyone who has taken time over the last few days to send in exactly what you’re seeing on the ground in your location. It is helpful, especially during these pop-up thunderstorm events. You can always use the Share tab in the lower/center part of the RedZone Weather app to send in photos. You can also message me or @ me on Twitter with ground truth photos. Thanks again!