THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday will be a pretty typical June day. Skies will be partly cloudy and there will be a chance of scattered afternoon to early evening showers and thunderstorms. The higher rain chances will be south of the I-22 corridor in the western half of the state and south of the I-20 corridor in the eastern half. Afternoon highs will reach the mid to upper 80s.

Moisture levels will rise Sunday and so will the likelihood of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout the entire day. Chances will be highest during the daylight hours, trending a little lower for the night. Highs will be in the upper 70s to the upper 80s.

NEXT WEEK: Model trends continue to show a repetitive forecast for the first part of the week as we see a pattern you would expect to see in June. Monday and Tuesday will feature the higher chances of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms as moisture levels remain increased. Skies will be mostly cloudy both days with highs reaching the upper 70s to the mid-80s Monday, then the mid- to upper 80s Tuesday for most of central Alabama.

Moisture levels drop off a little for midweek through the end of the work week, with the afternoon shower and storm activity more isolated and widely spaced. At this point, we could see a dry day Friday. However, the heat will begin to crank back up underneath mostly sunny skies, with highs in the mid-80s to the lower 90s Wednesday through Friday.

EXPECTED RAINFALL TOTALS: Even though we’ll have a chance for showers and thunderstorms each day from now through Friday, the latest projected rainfall totals ending at 7 p.m. Friday range from three-quarters of an inch in the southeast to as high as 2 inches along the Alabama-Mississippi state line.

EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: Temperatures will begin to climb during the second half of the work week and will stay really warm June 12-15, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s for the Birmingham area. Expect temperatures slightly lower north of the Magic City and slightly warmer as you move south.

TROPICS: All remains quiet across the Atlantic Basin and no new tropical systems are expected to form within the next five days over the tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

ON THIS DATE IN 1916: A tornado struck the town of Warren, Arkansas, killing 83 people. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas.

ON THIS DATE IN 1917: Residents near Topeka, Kansas, reported disk-shaped hailstones 6 to 10 inches in diameter and 2 to 3 inches thick. The hailstorm was accompanied by a tornado.

BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Dauphin Island to Panama City Beach, Florida, on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region you are interested in.

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