Standard Late July Weather
A CASE OF THE MUGGIES: A very moisture-rich air mass remains in place across the state. Dew points are staying in the 70s and that is making it downright uncomfortable out there. Temperature will once again be well into the 90s this afternoon, and overall it is just going to be another hot and humid day. We will see seeing mainly sunny conditions, but clouds will develop once daytime heating starts causing upward vertical motion and we are going to be watching for a few showers and storms to develop this afternoon. Nothing too widespread, but there will be a few storms through the afternoon and evening hours that will produce a lot lightning and intense rainfall. These will generally wind down after sunset.
FINAL WEEK OF JULY: This standard summer pattern will persist as the overall synoptic pattern just won’t change much this week. We remain under the influence of two areas of high pressure, one to the west, and the other off the Southeast Coast. The hot, humid summer weather continues with the daily round of isolated to perhaps scattered, mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s degree range each afternoon, while nights will be fair, with lows in the 70s. To end the work week, the upper ridges are forecast to weaken slightly, and lessen their influence on our weather. By Friday, we are going to see a gradual increase in the coverage of scattered showers and storms, and highs should be around the lower to mid 90s. I will certainly take that compared to upper 90s.
TROPICAL UPDATE: The Atlantic Basin remains quiet, and no development is expected through the weekend, as there continues to be a large amount of dry air over the basin, which is helping suppress a lot of activity. However, typically the first few months of the season are quiet, and we begin to see things get a bit more active as we head through August and towards the peak month of September.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: The slightly better than average rain chances will continue into the weekend, and we are going to see scattered showers and storms both Saturday and Sunday. We should see a more clouds than sun and afternoon highs will be in the lower 90s. The weather for the last days of July will be pretty much what we expect for the end of July and overall a classic mid-summer weather pattern with a persistence forecast is what is expected.
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Ryan
