SPOTTY STORMS LATER TODAY; SLIGHTLY COOLER & DRIER TOMORROW & THURSDAY… Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon into this evening across much of south Alabama and northwest Florida. These pop-up thunderstorms will cause heavy rain, lots of lightning, and loud thunder to be possible. Widespread severe storms are not expected today, but a few of the storms (particularly storms that fire up on the eastern side of our region in Covington, Okaloosa, Walton counties and points east) could produce damaging wind gusts.
LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK TODAY: S.E. AL & FL PANHANDLE… The Storm Prediction Center has included much of southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle in a low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk to account for the low-end possibility of damaging wind gusts and hail in the strongest of the thunderstorms. Model data supports most of the storms remaining under severe limits today, but a few storms may briefly become strong or marginally severe. ALL of the storms across the entire region will be capable of producing lightning, thunder, and heavy rain.
DRIER, COOLER WEATHER TOMORROW INTO THURSDAY… Rain chances will plummet tomorrow as slightly cooler, drier air moves into the region. Afternoon highs will be in the low 80s tomorrow with slightly lower humidity levels. Rain chances will be in the 0-10% range tomorrow and on Thursday. We note that overnight lows on Wednesday night into Thursday morning may dip to around 60 degrees across inland communities.
LOW-END RAIN CHANCES INTO THE WEEKEND… Rain chances will creep up, slightly, as we get into Friday and the upcoming weekend. High temperatures will be in the mid 80s this weekend with lows in the 60s.
TROPICS QUIET… The Gulf, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean remain quiet with no tropical storms expected to form over the next 5-7 days. The climatological peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season happens in mid-September. Hurricane season ends on November 30.
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See all the details in your Tuesday morning RedZone Weather forecast video. My next forecast video will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning. I will have updates posted throughout the day, as needed, in the RedZone Weather app.
Have a nice Tuesday!
