James Spann: Moist air lingers over Alabama, with scattered to numerous showers, storms
James Spann forecasts more scattered showers for Alabama from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.
AN OCEAN OF HUMIDITY: A very moist air mass lingers across Alabama and the Deep South this morning, and our weather won’t change much through Friday. It will be warm, very humid and occasionally cloudy, with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing. We have some rain early this morning over north Alabama, but most of the showers will come during the afternoon and evening. Highs today and Friday will remain mostly in the mid 80s. The average high for Birmingham on July 8 is 91.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Precipitable water values are expected to come down a bit over the weekend, meaning more sunshine and fewer showers. Look for partly sunny days, and the chance of any one spot getting a shower or thunderstorm Saturday and Sunday will be 25-35%. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.
NEXT WEEK: A passing upper trough will bring an increase in rain and thunderstorms Monday. The rest of the week should feature some fairly routine summer weather, although temperatures will remain below average, with highs generally in the upper 80s. When we say routine summer weather, that means partly sunny, humid days with random, scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms.
ELSA: Tropical Storm Elsa is about 90 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, early this morning with sustained winds of 40 mph. It will roll up the eastern seaboard over the next 36 hours and will bring potential for flooding and a few isolated tornadoes.
A non-tropical disturbance over the far western Gulf of Mexico continues to produce lots of rain for the Texas coast. Otherwise the rest of the Atlantic basin is very quiet, and additional tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.
ON THIS DATE IN 2003: What may be the world’s highest dew point temperature was recorded at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the Persian Gulf. A dew point of 95 degrees was recorded at 3 p.m. while the air temperature was 108 degrees. The apparent temperature at that time would have been 172 degrees.
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