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HOT: Look for highs between 92 and 98 degrees again today across Alabama with hazy sunshine under a strong upper ridge, centered just to the northeast. A heat advisory remains in effect for the state today because of the high heat index values, which will exceed 100.

The Storm Prediction Center has defined a marginal risk (level 1 out of 5) of severe thunderstorms for parts of east and central Alabama today and Wednesday; a few scattered storms could develop during the heat of the afternoon in random places, and where they do form they could produce strong winds. But most places won’t see any rain. The chance of any one spot getting wet today, Wednesday and Thursday is 20-30%, with the higher probabilities over the eastern half of the state.A surface front will bring the chance of a few scattered storms to the northern half of the state Friday, but again the rain won’t be widespread. Highs will remain in the 90s through the week.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: A drier air mass will drop in here Friday night, and that will set the stage for sunny days and clear nights over the weekend. On the positive side, humidity will be lower and nights will be a little cooler. The highs Saturday and Sunday will be generally in the low 90s.

NEXT WEEK: Hot weather continues, with lots of sunshine each day and highs in the 90s. Afternoon storms that form will be widely spaced. Temperatures will likely remain above average through the rest of June as the upper high persists.TROPICS: Disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the southwestern Caribbean Sea are associated with a trough of low pressure. Gradual development of this system is possible while it drifts northwestward near the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras, and it could become a tropical depression late this week if the disturbance remains over water. Regardless of development, this system could produce periods of heavy rainfall across portions of eastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras late this week.

The National Hurricane Center gives it a 40% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm over the next five days; if anything forms here it will stay far south of the central Gulf Coast (places like Gulf Shores, Destin and Panama City Beach).

HEAT PARADE: Here are some highs across Alabama Monday:

• Montgomery — 98
• Tuscaloosa — 97
• Clanton — 97
• Dothan — 97
• Mobile — 96
• Moody — 96
• Huntsville — 96
• Muscle Shoals — 96
• Birmingham — 95
• Coker — 95
• Bessemer — 95
• Carbon Hill — 95
• Helena — 95
• Anniston — 94
• Gadsden — 94
• Oneonta — 94
• Morris — 93
• Rainbow City — 93
• Heflin — 92
• Cullman — 91

ON THIS DATE IN 1903: Major flash flooding along Willow Creek destroyed a significant portion of Heppner, Oregon. With a death toll of 247 people, it remains the deadliest natural disaster in Oregon.

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