Scattered strong storms hit Alabama again in uneven fashion this weekend

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Impact Weather Weekend: Heat, humidity and scattered strong storms

FIRST, THIS IS WVTM 13 WEATHER. WELL, WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR A LOT QUIETER THAN IT WAS A FEW HOURS AGO. NO MORE OF THOSE BIG, HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME FLOODING DOWN AROUND MONTGOMERY. THE RAIN IS ENDING DOWN THAT WAY. WE HAD BIG STORMS AROUND CLANTON JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. THOSE KNOCKED DOWN A FEW TREES IN CHILTON COUNTY. BUT THE NASTY WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR NOW. BUT TOMORROW AND SUNDAY LOOK TO BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT. AND THE SAME KIND OF PATTERN THAT WE SAW TODAY WITH THE HIT OR MISS, A LOT OF DISTANCE, BIG GAPS IN BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL DOWNPOURS. SAME PATTERN IS GOING TO PLAY OUT TOMORROW. SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DISTURBANCES THAT WE HAVE OUR EYES ON. ONE IS CROSSING ARKANSAS, SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND MOVING UP INTO NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE. THAT WILL BE POSITIONED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. THE OTHER ONE, PRETTY EASY TO SEE OUT HERE OVER OKLAHOMA, KANSAS AND TEXAS. THAT ONE MAKES A BEELINE FOR US AND IS HERE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND THAT’S WHERE SOME PRETTY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AROUND HERE. NOW, BOTH OF THOSE ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN AN UNUSUALLY STRONG JETSTREAM. SO WHAT I’VE DONE HERE IS OVERLAID THE CLOUDS IN THE RAIN AS WELL AS THE JETSTREAM. A LOT OF COLORS ON THAT MAP, BUT LET’S TAKE THE CLOUDS IN THE RAIN OFF AND JUST LOOK AT THE WIND SPEED HERE AND IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH MUCH TO GET THINGS STIRRED UP. THIS TIME OF YEAR. THERE’S ONE DISTURBANCE THAT COMES THROUGH WITH A LITTLE POP OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. IT HELPS TO GET THE THUNDERSTORMS REALLY GOING UPWARDS. SO A STORM THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STRONG WITH A LITTLE HELP MAKE BECOME SEVERE WITH 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. SOME HAIL, A LOT OF LIGHTNING, HEAVY RAIN THAT DISTURBANCE PASSES AND THEN A STRONGER PUSH OF UPPER AIR. WIND STARTS TO KICK IN HERE WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE THAT’LL ACTUALLY HELP TO DRIVE A WEAK FRONT THROUGH HERE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY. WELL, THAT ONE’S ALSO GOING TO BRING SOME HEFTY STORMS WITH IT. NO WATCHES ARE WARNINGS YET AND THERE MAY NOT BE THAT MANY TOMORROW. I THINK IT’S JUST A HIT OR MISS PROPOSITION WHEN IT COMES TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IT’S LEVEL ONE OF FIVE MARGINAL, A FEW ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY FROM AROUND TUSCALOOSA, JEFFERSON, WALKER, COLEMAN, BLUNT AND ETOWAH COUNTIES, NORTHWEST UP INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THEN OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. HERE’S HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO PLAY OUT. OUR FUTURECAST RADAR LOOKS LIKE THIS 10 A.M. NOT MUCH, BUT A FEW SHOWERS, HEAVIER DOWNPOURS, JUST LIKE TODAY COMING IN OUT OF MISSISSIPPI INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA AS THEY SPREAD TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST OR THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THEM COULD BE SEVERE. SOMETHING THAT WE’LL WATCH CLOSELY COMING UP ON SUNDAY. STORMS MAY BE MORE WIDESPREAD, BUT YET AGAIN, IT DOES NOT RAIN ALL DAY LONG. IN FACT, THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY LOOKS MOSTLY DRY SUNDAY, ONLY A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. THEN AS THAT DISTURBANCE, THAT’S OVER OKLAHOMA TONIGHT GETS CLOSER TO US ON SUNDAY EVENING, WATCH THIS. BETWEEN FOUR AND 7 P.M., SOME FAIRLY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ALABAMA. SO A GOOD CHANCE OF DOWNPOURS OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S IMPACT DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WE DRY OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN NEXT WEEK AFTER THAT, JUST HOT, HUMID, MORE SCATTERED STORMS. JASON, YOU KNOW WHERE ELSE IT’S RAINING RIGHT NOW? WHERE’S THAT? LAS VEGAS FO

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Impact Weather Weekend: Heat, humidity and scattered strong storms

Local heavy storms blow up again this weekend around Alabama, and some of them may become severe at times. Saturday and Sunday are both Impact Days because of that threat. Check the video forecast for the latest.Track storms with WVTM 13 Live Doppler online and on the WVTM 13 App!IMPACT DAYS: SCATTERED WEEKEND STORMSBoth Saturday and Sunday feature a high-end chance of rain and thunderstorms. Will it rain all day Saturday or Sunday? No. Not at all. We expect some spotty storms here and there at almost anytime after 10 a.m. Saturday and after 1 p.m. on Sunday, but it will not rain all day, nor will it rain equally over the entire state.Where the storms do make an impact, it could be significant with very heavy rain and a damaging wind/hail/lightning risk.SATURDAY: Temperatures start out in the mid-70s in the morning and head for the low-90s in the afternoon with a heat index around 95-100°F. Look out for some more scattered storms! The chance of at least 0.10” of rainfall between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. is up to 70% Saturday, but your best chance of storms overall comes in the late afternoon and evening: from around 4 to 10 p.m.A single storm will be capable of wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, small hail, dangerous lightning, and enough rain to cause some localized flooding (especially where significant rain fell earlier this week). Will it rain all day? No, it will not be raining all day. If you have things to do outside, the earlier you do it, the better off you will be. Plans may need to be flexible for the evening as we keep an eye on the unevenly-scattered storms. For some of us, it doesn't rain at all. For some others, it pours.SUNDAY: It does not get quite as hot because of less sunshine. High temperatures climb to the upper 80s and lower 90s. Heat index around 95°F. A few storms are possible all day, but our highest chance of widespread heavy thunderstorms comes late afternoon through the evening: from around 1 to 11 p.m. Even then, the most active areas may be just west of Interstate 65 until after sunset Sunday evening. Severe storms are possible! That means damaging wind gusts and hail as well as heavy rainfall and intense lightning. Some spots get more than 1.5” of rain Sunday evening with slow-moving, intense thunderstorms.A COOL FRONT IN JULY?The jet stream has been unusually far south and active for the past six weeks, and that accounts for the seemingly endless onslaught of widespread showers and storms. That is how it appears from our perspective as analysts and forecasters, but the individual's reality is different from one plot of land to another.Whether you have had "your" rain or not, we do see two mostly dry days next week behind a weak cool front: Monday and Tuesday.Showers and storms begin winding down Sunday night, and drier air shoves the stormy weather south of U.S. 80 through Monday afternoon, Monday night, and Tuesday: dropping the humidity, too.The quick push of drier air does not drop the temperature all that much. In fact, this front is less of a "cold" front and more of just a "dry" line.Muggy air surges north across the state again Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday setting up more scattered storms. Thunderstorm coverage may be such that Wednesday's temperatures fail to achieve the mid-90s like the rest of the week, but it still looks very hot and very humid through most of the week and next weekend.CLICK TO SEE THE 7-DAY FORECASTSTAY WEATHER AWAREGet the free WVTM 13 app and turn on the alerts for the latest weather updates in your neighborhood. For the latest Birmingham weather information and central Alabama's certified most accurate forecast, watch WVTM 13 News.Current Weather ConditionsHourly Forecast | 10-Day ForecastInteractive RadarBirmingham SkycamsLive Doppler RadarSign Up For Email Weather AlertsDownload the WVTM 13 AppDon't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Local heavy storms blow up again this weekend around Alabama, and some of them may become severe at times. Saturday and Sunday are both Impact Days because of that threat. Check the video forecast for the latest.

Track storms with WVTM 13 Live Doppler online and on the WVTM 13 App!

IMPACT DAYS: SCATTERED WEEKEND STORMS

Both Saturday and Sunday feature a high-end chance of rain and thunderstorms.

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Will it rain all day Saturday or Sunday? No. Not at all. We expect some spotty storms here and there at almost anytime after 10 a.m. Saturday and after 1 p.m. on Sunday, but it will not rain all day, nor will it rain equally over the entire state.

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Where the storms do make an impact, it could be significant with very heavy rain and a damaging wind/hail/lightning risk.

SATURDAY:

Temperatures start out in the mid-70s in the morning and head for the low-90s in the afternoon with a heat index around 95-100°F.
Look out for some more scattered storms! The chance of at least 0.10” of rainfall between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. is up to 70% Saturday, but your best chance of storms overall comes in the late afternoon and evening: from around 4 to 10 p.m.
A single storm will be capable of wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, small hail, dangerous lightning, and enough rain to cause some localized flooding (especially where significant rain fell earlier this week).
Will it rain all day? No, it will not be raining all day. If you have things to do outside, the earlier you do it, the better off you will be. Plans may need to be flexible for the evening as we keep an eye on the unevenly-scattered storms. For some of us, it doesn't rain at all. For some others, it pours.

SUNDAY:

It does not get quite as hot because of less sunshine. High temperatures climb to the upper 80s and lower 90s. Heat index around 95°F.
A few storms are possible all day, but our highest chance of widespread heavy thunderstorms comes late afternoon through the evening: from around 1 to 11 p.m. Even then, the most active areas may be just west of Interstate 65 until after sunset Sunday evening.
Severe storms are possible! That means damaging wind gusts and hail as well as heavy rainfall and intense lightning.
Some spots get more than 1.5” of rain Sunday evening with slow-moving, intense thunderstorms.

A COOL FRONT IN JULY?

The jet stream has been unusually far south and active for the past six weeks, and that accounts for the seemingly endless onslaught of widespread showers and storms. That is how it appears from our perspective as analysts and forecasters, but the individual's reality is different from one plot of land to another.

alabama weather forecast

Whether you have had "your" rain or not, we do see two mostly dry days next week behind a weak cool front: Monday and Tuesday.

Showers and storms begin winding down Sunday night, and drier air shoves the stormy weather south of U.S. 80 through Monday afternoon, Monday night, and Tuesday: dropping the humidity, too.

alabama weather forecast

The quick push of drier air does not drop the temperature all that much. In fact, this front is less of a "cold" front and more of just a "dry" line.

Muggy air surges north across the state again Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday setting up more scattered storms. Thunderstorm coverage may be such that Wednesday's temperatures fail to achieve the mid-90s like the rest of the week, but it still looks very hot and very humid through most of the week and next weekend.