ROUTINE SUMMER DAY: Today will be hot and humid with a few random, scattered showers and thunderstorms across Alabama this afternoon and early tonight. The chance of any one spot seeing rain is 35-45%, and the high will be in the mid 90s in most places.

Coverage of showers and storms will be higher Tuesday as deeper tropical moisture moves into the state south of the remnant circulation of Beryl, which will be passing through the Ohio Valley. The chance of your front yard seeing rain is 60-70%, and it will be the wettest day of the week. The high will be between 88 and 93 degrees.

REST OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND: A drier air mass will be pulled into Alabama Wednesday; we will mention just a small risk of a stray shower with a high only in the upper 80s for the northern half of the state. Lower humidity levels will make for a pleasant summer day.

At this point, it looks like most of the state will be dry Thursday through Saturday with mostly sunny days and fair nights. Highs will be in the 90s, but humidity levels will be fairly low for July. We will bring back the chance of a few widely scattered showers or storms Sunday as moisture levels begin to rise.

NEXT WEEK: For now, the weather looks very routine for midsummer. Expect partly sunny, hot, humid days with scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms daily. Highs will be in the 90s, lows in the 70s.

BERYL IS INLAND: Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast about 80 miles southwest of Houston early this morning with sustained winds of 80 mph. The system will weaken over land today, and the remnant circulation will be south of Detroit by Wednesday night. The main rain shield directly associated with Beryl will be west of Alabama.

The rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet, and tropical storm formation is not expected at least for the next seven days.

ON THIS DATE IN 1680: The first confirmed tornado death in the United States occurred in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The funnel was filled with stones, bushes and other things. The tornado also unroofed a barn and snapped many large trees.

ON THIS DATE IN 2005: Dennis struck Granma Province, Cuba, as a Category 4 hurricane. It would move into the Florida Panhandle two days later.

ON THIS DATE IN 2009: An intense cold front brings heavy snow, hail, high winds and unusually cold temperatures to southern Peru. The severe conditions were blamed for the deaths of more than 240 children due to cold-related illnesses.

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