The overall weather pattern remains on the mild, damp side as we begin the new work week with temperatures doing no better than the lower 80’s for afternoon highs. Beyond today, the weather turns warmer and generally drier for the next several days and we’ll get back to 90+ degrees later in the week. One final note, there can be some wildfire smoke in the region during the next couple of days which may act to reduce temperatures by a few degrees during daytime hours.
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Much of the week ahead will feature high pressure centered over the western Atlantic Ocean and from this location a low-level flow of air from the Gulf of Mexico will pump in warm and humid air to the Mid-Atlantic region. The combination of the high humidity and a series of weak disturbances and frontal systems will generate a daily threat of showers and thunderstorms right through the day on Thursday. Many of the showers and thunderstorms that form during the next few days will be slow-movers raising the chance of heavy rainfall over a given location…perhaps resulting in some localized flash flooding conditions.
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The weather pattern this week will feature unsettled and warm conditions with a daily chance of showers and thunderstorms. The extreme heat of earlier last week is nowhere to be found and high temperatures this week will generally fall in the middle 80’s across the northern part of Alabama.
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The overall weather pattern will turn cooler and wetter for the next few days as a series of disturbances head this way from the western states. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible during the afternoon and evening hours on each of the next few days while temperatures drop to comfortable levels.
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The high heat of earlier this week is gone from the area and the next several days will likely feature high temperatures generally in the 80’s...much more seasonal compared to recent days when the 90’s were commonplace. The weather will remain somewhat unsettled going forward with a daily chance of showers and thunderstorms through the weekend and into the first part of next week.
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A cold front passed through the region early yesterday and ushered in a cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic that will result in high temperatures confined to the 80’s during the next few days. High pressure will be in control of the weather through the upcoming weekend, but a shower or thunderstorm can pop up from time-to-time. An upper-level trough and surface frontal system will enter the picture early next week raising the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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A cold front passed through the region early yesterday and ushered in a cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic that will result in high temperatures confined to the 80’s during the next few days. High pressure will be in control of the weather through the upcoming weekend, but a shower or thunderstorm can pop up from time-to-time. An upper-level trough and surface frontal system will enter the picture early next week raising the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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A cold front passed through the region early yesterday and ushered in a cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic that will result in high temperatures confined to the 80’s during the next few days. High pressure will be in control of the weather through the upcoming weekend, but a shower or thunderstorm can pop up from time-to-time. An upper-level trough and surface frontal system will enter the picture early next week raising the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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July is now more than half over and there certainly has been plenty of hot weather across the nation; however, this month will certainly have a difficult time matching the extreme and sustained heat of July 1936. In fact, one of the most widespread and destructive heat waves ever recorded in the US took place in the summer of 1936 which fell right in the middle of arguably the hottest and driest decade ever for the nation.
The decade of the 1930’s is renowned for the “Great Depression” and the “Dust Bowl”, both of which caused calamitous human suffering in this country. Not only were huge numbers of crops destroyed by the heat and lack of moisture in the “Dust Bowl” era, but thousands of lives were lost as a result of the heat, drought and economic hardship. This extreme heat wave was particularly deadly in high population areas where air conditioning was still in the early stages of development. The heat wave experienced in 1936 began in late June, reached a peak in July, and didn’t really come to an end until September. Many of the all-time high temperature records that were set in the 1930’s in numerous cities and states still stand today.
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The next several days should feature rather typical summer weather across the region with scattered PM showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures are likely tom turn out a bit above normal today and Friday and then a bit below-normal during the upcoming weekend and early part of next week...nothing on the extreme side.
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