Hot Days Ahead…Tuesday Evening Forecast Update 10pm

Good Tuesday evening to you! After some spots got a little rain today, we are going dry and conditions are becoming nice this evening. Temperatures will fall into the lower 60s late tonight as dry air takes over. The weak cold front is about to pass south of HWY 80 at this 10pm hour. Low humidity will continue to take over from the north tonight and on Wednesday. Highs will reach the upper 80s tomorrow, but lower humidity will make conditions feel a little more bearable.

The forecast will go very calm over the next few days, with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the lower 60s. Moisture levels will remain low through Thursday, but a south wind will develop on Thursday and higher dewpoints will surge into west and central Alabama. Higher dewpoints will make conditions feel very muggy on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We can expect mostly sunny skies through Saturday. While moisture levels will increase in time for the weekend, the chance of rain through Saturday remains below 10%. There is a 20% chance of a passing storm on Sunday; I expect most spots to stay dry on Sunday. Overnight lows will warm into the upper 60s to lower 70s by the weekend and early next week.

A cold front will try to reach west Alabama early next week. There’s a chance of scattered storms on Monday and Tuesday, but rain chances may increase as new model data comes in. Stay tuned for forecasting changes.

The beach forecast this weekend is looking fair. We can expect highs on Friday through Sunday in the upper 80s to lower 90s. There’s a risk of scattered storms each day, but I expect much of the weekend to remain rain free. This is the forecast for the Gulf Shores to Destin areas.

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Watch Venus Cross The Sun Live Right Now! Check it Out! – Tuesday Update 5:30PM

Watch Venus Transit the sun live right now! This is something you will never see again live in your lifetime. This is about a 7 hour process. Below is a link to NASA’s website, where they have a live webcast of the transit now.

http://www.ustream.tv/TransitofVenus

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source: NASA.gov

Few Tiny Showers On Radar – Venus Crosses The Sun This Eve! – Tuesday Update 4:30PM

Good Tuesday Afternoon to you! As of 4:30pm, a few tiny showers have developed across parts of our area ahead of a weak cold front. These tiny showers extend from Columbus, MS to Gordo to Samantha to Birmingham. These showers are drifting south at 20mph and will impact the Tuscaloosa area over the next hour or two. Most spots will not get a drop out of these tiny showers, but don’t be shocked if it rains for about 5 to 10 minutes at your house. After a quick shower in some spots, the sun will retun for the rest of the evening. Once the sun sets, all tiny showers will die out.

Don’t forget to watch the sunset this evening. If have special viewing lenses, you will be able to catch the view of Venus crossing the sun. It will be a tiny black dot crossing the sun. The best time to view it will be right at sunset, when the sun appears larger and a little dimmer. You won’t get a chance to see this again in your life-time. It will be more than 100 years before it happens again.

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Scattered Storms Today, Many Spots Stay Dry… Tuesday Midday Update 1pm

While much of the area is rain free as of 1pm, there are a few storms here and there over parts of central and south Alabama. The stronger storms are over Georgia this afternoon, and it sure looks like that’s where the best chance of storms will remain for the day. There’s just not much happening north of I-20/59 at this hour. The best chance of scattered storms will remain south of the Interstate through this evening. As a slow moving cold front pushes south, dry air will take over for the rest of the week. Temperatures will remain hot this afternoon, with highs in the upper 80s to around 90.

The next risk of scattered storms will arrive late on Sunday and on Monday. Your weekend forecast is looking hot and humid, with highs in the lower 90s. Expect a mostly sunny sky on both Saturday and Sunday. The risk of rain on Sunday is low, but a passing storm is possible.

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Morning Storms Move Out…More Storms Possible This Afternoon – Tuesday Update 9am

Good Tuesday morning! The morning complex of storm we were watching last night has moved into south central Alabama as of 9am. Strong storms are also happening along the southwest extent of the complex over Washington County, AL. While areas north of Eutaw and Giger didn’t get any rain last night, areas to the south finally got a nice batch of showers and storms. The complex moving south across Tennessee lastnight just died out. That took me by surprise because I expected it to hang in there and make it to the Tuscaloosa and Birmingham areas. It goes to show you that thunderstorms can have a mind of their own sometimes. If something makes sense, it can be wrong in the weather world. If you have things to take care of this morning, much of the area looks great. There are a few scattered storms along I-20 east of Birmingham, but the rest of the area is rain-free for the moment.

The cold front on the map is moving into the Tennessee Valley this morning and will continue it’s drift southward. Some storms are starting to develop along the front, so we’ll have to watch radar trends close. With the sun out across much of north, west and central Alabama, temperatures are heating nicely. As instability builds through the day, we should see a nice round of showers and storms develop along the front. That will be out last batch of rain for a few days, as dry air takes over tonight and tomorrow.  The risk of severe weather is low, but few severe thunderstorm warnings are possible. Damaging wind and hail will be the main concern. The threat should remain pretty isolated.

Dry air will take over tonight and we’ll stay rain free through Friday. Look for lower humidity, but afternoon highs will still get rather hot. Highs will top out in the upper 80s Wednesday through Friday. Lows will fall into the lower 60s, and skies will remain mostly sunny during the day.

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