RAIN IS FINALLY IN THE FORECAST… After days of mostly dry conditions, tomorrow we will begin to see a few more showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours. Most locales WILL remain dry tomorrow and into the weekend, but there will be “splash and dash” showers and thunderstorms at times tomorrow and into the weekend. Severe weather is not expected locally Friday or this weekend. High temperatures are slated to be near the 90 degree mark over the next few days.
RILEY GREEN FORECAST… One of the biggest events along the Gulf Coast this Memorial Day weekend will be the Riley Green concert at The Wharf in Orange Beach. Mostly sunny skies are expected at Orange Beach tomorrow evening with temperatures near 80 degrees by 7PM. Temperatures will fall into the upper-70s by the conclusion of the concert. I’ll be there tomorrow! Please say hello if you’re headed there as well.
RADAR SITE KMOB HAS SIGNIFICANT FAILURE… The local National Weather Service sent out a Public Information Statement this morning indicating that our local radar (KMOB at the Mobile Regional Airport) will be down for several weeks. “A physical failure on the Mobile, AL, WSR-88D Doppler radar operated by the NOAA National Weather Service in Mobile, AL, has rendered the radar inoperable and it will be out of service for the next few weeks. NWS will begin repairs as quickly as possible, with an estimated return to service date in mid-June. A team from the Radar Operations Center (ROC) in Norman, Oklahoma, determined this week that the bull gear, the primary gear for turning the radar antenna dish, has failed. The radar will be out of service until the bull gear is repaired. Technicians from the Radar Operations Center in Norman, OK, will be on-site at Mobile by the middle of next week to begin the repairs. Because the NEXRAD network was designed to have overlapping coverage, our local area will have data available from surrounding radars, including NEXRADs from NWS Slidell/New Orleans, NWS Jackson, MS, NWS Birmingham, AL, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Ft. Rucker, and Eglin AFB.”
NO SEVERE WEATHER OR TROPICAL ISSUES IN SIGHT… Some showers and general thunderstorms are in the forecast for the next several days, but what I am NOT seeing is an organized risk of strong to severe storms OR any tropical/hurricane issues over the next 5 to 7 days. The next 7-10 days will mainly feature P.M. pop-up showers and storms that don’t last very long and are localized, small, and not highly impactful. The biggest concern in these pop-up storms: Cloud-to-ground lightning. It is important to keep tabs on the radar anytime you have storms around as lightning is a major concern. You can watch the radar every moment of the day in the RedZone Weather app in the Radar tab. I’ll have radar updates posted as needed over the next few days in the Home/Refresh main part of the app as well.
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My next detailed forecast video will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning. Have a nice evening!