Hot Weather Continues…Friday, April 27th Forecast Update 4:21 PM

Good Friday afternoon to you! Today is a big day for many of us, as we make it through the 1 year mark of the historic tornado outbreak anniversary. 62 tornadoes tracked through Alabama within a 24 hour time stamp and 253 Alabamians died in the storms. As of the moment I’m writing this discussion, we are 1 hour away from impact of the tornado that hit Tuscaloosa. At this very moment last year, there were numerous tornadoes tracking across our state. Be sure to scroll down to my post earlier today for full details on the event and my personal story.

Today is a new day and a nice day in respect to what we dealt with this time last year. It is rather hot this afternoon, but a little extra cloud cover has kept temperatures a tad lower than expected. Most spots have topped out in the lower 80s this afternoon. With all of the memorial events happening across central Alabama, conditions are looking nice and dry. An isolated shower or storm is possible through 7pm, but most people will remain rain-free. A summer ridge has developed across the heartland of the nation and is moving east. This is causing temperatures around here to warm into the 80s. As the ridge intensifies a bit over the weekend and early next week, temperatures could easily reach 90 degrees. Under influence of the ridge, don’t expect any significant rain chances. A stray afternoon storm is possible each day, but most spots will stay dry. The chance of rain is less than 10% today through next Friday.

Highs will top out between 87 and 91 Saturday through next Friday, as the area continues to deal with a consistent pattern. Lows at night will fall into the lower 60s each night. Other than a little increase in temperatures late in the weekend and early next week, you could copy Saturday’s forecast and paste it to each day over the next 7 days. The ridge will continue to influence our weather through late next week. Expect skies to remain partly cloudy each day.

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Richard Scott

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