A frontal boundary will drop into northern Alabama today and act as a focus for scattered showers and thunderstorms and some of the storms can be on the strong side. There will continue to be rather hot and humid conditions as we begin the new work week, but not quite as excessive as last week. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will diminish on Tuesday following the passage of the frontal boundary zone through our area.
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The hottest week of the summer so far continues as we close out the work week with highs today reaching the middle 90’s. The upper part of the atmosphere is still rather dry and this will inhibit showers and thunderstorms for another day. Rain chances, however, will increase this weekend as the atmosphere will become more unstable and a bit more moist at upper levels. As far as relief in the heat and humidity is concerned, a frontal passage is likely to usher in some slight relief for northern Alabama during the early part of next week.
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The hottest week of the summer so far continues into the weekend with highs today and Friday in the middle 90’s. The upper part of the atmosphere is still rather dry and this will inhibit showers and thunderstorms for the next couple of days, but chances for some activity will increase this weekend. As far as relief in the heat and humidity is concerned, a frontal passage is likely to usher in some relief for northern Alabama during the early part of next week.
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The hottest week of the summer so far continues today with afternoon highs likely reaching the 95 degree mark. The upper part of the atmosphere is drier than recent days and this will inhibit showers and thunderstorms and also the likelihood of any prolonged cloudy spells. As a result, temperatures should soar towards the middle 90's for highs for the remainder of the week across much of the interior Southeast US.
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This looks like the hottest week of the summer so far! The upper part of the atmosphere will become drier than recent days and this will reduce the chance for PM showers and thunderstorms and also the likelihood of any prolonged cloudy spells. As a result, temperatures should soar towards the middle 90's for highs on a daily basis this week across much of the interior Southeast US.
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This looks like the hottest week of the summer so far! The upper part of the atmosphere will become drier than recent days and this will reduce the chance for PM showers and thunderstorms and also the likelihood of any prolonged cloudy spells. As a result, temperatures should soar towards the middle 90's for highs on a daily basis this week across much of the interior Southeast US.
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Upper-level ridging continues to be centered over the western Atlantic and will keep the Tennessee Valley in a moist flow of air. A weakening cold front will approach the area later today and this will enhance our chances for rain for this afternoon and evening.
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Upper-level ridging continues to be centered over the western Atlantic and will keep this area in a moist flow of air. The ridge begins to break down on Friday with showers and thunderstorms a bit more likely and then a weakening cold front will arrive in the area late Friday night/Saturday continuing our chance for showers and storms.
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Upper-level ridging will be centered over the western Atlantic for the next few days and will keep this area in a moist flow of air for the rest of the week. Several weak disturbances will rotate around the ridge and any one of these can set off a round of showers and thunderstorms. Given the high moisture levels, any shower or storm that forms this week can produce some heavy rainfall in a short period of time.
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Upper-level ridging will likely keep a cap on any shower and thunderstorm activity today across northern Alabama, but conditions will begin to change on Wednesday. A more southerly flow of air will develop at mid-week and this will increase low-level moisture into our area raising the prospects for some shower and thunderstorm activity for the second half of the week. One final note, the tropics are looking more and more active and there may be a threat to monitor near the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend or sometime next week
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