COOLER TODAY; STORMS POSSIBLE INLAND ON MONDAY… It is a bit cooler today after the passage of a cold front last night. Most spots are in the 60s and 70s locally. Our focus is now on the next few days when isolated storms will likely happen inland on Monday and then well to our north on Monday where a more significant round of severe weather seems to be setting up. Temperatures will be approximately 20 degrees above normal as we go into the latter half of the week with high temperatures rising above 90 degrees in most locales on Thursday and on Friday. Let’s look at all of your forecast details.
RAIN & STORMS EXITING EAST ALABAMA NOW… Heavy rain and thunderstorms continue to move east into Georgia out of east Alabama on this Sunday afternoon. At the time this video is being produced around 2PM, a few pockets of heavier rain are happening near Lake Martin, Eufaula, Valley, Lanett, and Roanoke in east Alabama. This cluster of storms produced heavy rain near Greenville, Pine Apple, Camden, and Beatrice earlier this morning.
WHAT TO EXPECT – THIS EVENING… Isolated showers, similar to the ones happening now across parts of Conecuh, Escambia (AL), and Covington counties, will continue to be possible. MOST locations will remain dry with temperatures peaking in the low- to mid-70s today.
LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK INLAND ON MONDAY… The Storm Prediction Center has included the far northern stretches of our region in their Level 1 (out of 5) low-end severe weather risk zone valid for Monday. Let me stress that I do not think we will have widespread issues and I will be surprised if we have ANY severe weather issues on Monday. Most areas locally will have an intermittently cloudy day Monday with temperatures rising into the 80s.
LEVEL 1 (OUT OF 5) RISK ON MONDAY… Parts of Clarke, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Wilcox, Choctaw, and Crenshaw counties are included locally in the low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk valid on Monday. The following communities are included: Grove Hill, Thomasville, Greenville, Georgiana, Beatrice, Hybart, Perdue Hill, Whatley, Lower Peach Tree, Camden, Pine Hill, Oak Hill, Millers Ferry, Forest Home, Pine Apple, Luverne, and Highland Home. These are the communities that have a very small, yet “non-zero” risk of seeing a few strong storms on Monday.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER NOT EXPECTED MONDAY… Showers and thunderstorms will be possible inland on Monday, meaning coastal areas probably won’t have any issues whatsoever. No widespread severe weather is expected across Alabama or northwest Florida and any storms that become strong won’t last long.
ANOTHER SEVERE RISK TO OUR NORTH ON TUESDAY… The greater severe weather risk this week will clearly set up well to our north on Tuesday. The Storm Prediction Center has included parts of north and west-central Alabama in their Level 1 (out of 5), low-end risk zone with the far northern part of the state near Huntsville and Florence being involved in the Level 2 (out of 5) slight risk zone. Areas near Decatur, Muscle Shoals, Athens, Madison, Moulton, and Russellville are also involved in this slightly higher Level 2 (out of 5) risk area. We note that northern Mississippi, western and central Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky are also involved in this risk zone. A few tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and large hail will be possible in those areas.
A SHOWER OR TWO POSSIBLE TUESDAY LOCALLY… Vast majority of us across the southern half of Alabama and northwest Florida will be dry and warm on Tuesday. We’ve included a 10% chance of showers for inland areas as there may be a few areas of sprinkles at times, but that will definitely be the outlier and not the trend on Tuesday. High temperatures will be in the mid-80s across our region.
DRIER, WARMER WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY… Wednesday will likely feature mostly sunny skies with warming temperatures. Highs will probably climb into the mid- to upper-80s. A few spots may even hit 90 degrees on Wednesday, but I think the bigger heat will definitely happen on Thursday into Friday.
TEMPS NEAR 90 DEGREES LATER THIS WEEK… The warmest days of the year 2020 will happen on Thursday into Friday as temperatures run 20 to 25 degrees above our climatological norms for this time of year. Most spots, especially north of Interstate 10, will rise to around 90 degrees by 2PM. Mostly sunny skies are expected each day.
CARDS FOR THE ELDERLY… If you missed our detailed post on Thursday evening about our new RedZone Weather Cards for the Elderly program, be sure to visit the link below for all the information. This is an opportunity for students and adults across our region to write encouraging notes to elderly people currently under lockdown in local nursing homes due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/400827163408962/posts/1525439774281023/
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See all the details in your Sunday evening #rzw forecast video. Have a nice evening!
