POP-UP STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING; MORE P.M. STORMS INTO THE WEEKEND… Showers and thunderstorms will likely increase in coverage later this afternoon into the evening hours, especially compared to the last few days. There is a low-end severe weather risk zone in place for much of the northern half of Alabama later today. Locally, there is no formal risk of severe storms in place today although some of the pop-up storms that develop will be capable of producing gusty winds and small hail. High temperatures will be in the mid-90s today with heat index values likely to be in excess of 105° in many spots.
RAIN CHANCES INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND… Pop-up storms will be likely each day tomorrow and into the weekend. I am not expecting an all day washout on any given day but we will have an increased number of showers and thunderstorms around, especially compared to our drier conditions earlier in the week. High temperatures will be in the 90s this weekend.
LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA LATER TODAY… The Storm Prediction Center has included much of the northern half of Alabama in their low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk zone valid for later today. Damaging wind gusts capable of knocking down trees and a few tornadoes will be the main concerns. Places like Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Gadsden, Lake Martin, Auburn, Huntsville, Russellville, Muscle Shoals, Florence, and Decatur are involved in the low-end severe weather risk zone today.
TROPICS: GULF & CARIBBEAN REMAIN QUIET, FOR NOW… The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea remain quiet with no tropical storms expected to form over the next 5-7 days.
TROPICS: DISTURBANCE EAST OF BERMUDA… The overall chances that a tropical disturbance located about 400 miles east-southeast of Bermuda continue to lessen. This system moved off the coast of Africa last week before moving west through the tropical Atlantic before turning north. The system will remain over the open waters of the North Atlantic Ocean over the next few days. From NHC: “Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a low pressure area located about 400 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. Environmental conditions are becoming increasingly less favorable for tropical cyclone formation, and the low is expected to move northward and merge with a frontal system over the north-central Atlantic in the next day or two.”
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