This area has received a dry, continental airmass, which will create an incredibly beautiful day for mid-August. Over the northern half of the state, it will be sunny, less humid, and only reach highs of the 80s. This afternoon, South Alabama will experience low 90s.
Warm sunny day in Alabama (Source: Better where)
This Week’s Weather Condition in Alabama
From today through the weekend: Early tomorrow morning, the temperature drops down into the 60s before rising to a high of 87–92 degrees under a bright sky. From Friday through the weekend, the majority of the state will experience dry weather with increasing heat; highs will be in the mid-90s with generally sunny days and clear nights. Over the southern portion of Alabama, a few lone storms may form on Saturday and Sunday, but most locations will remain dry.
NEXT WEEK: Quiet weather with mainly sunny days will continue; afternoon storms will be extremely difficult to detect. Typically, highs will be in the 90s.
By the start of the following week, a sizable region of low pressure may develop in the western or central Gulf of Mexico. Then, as it moves westward and gets closer to the western Gulf of Mexico coastline by the middle of next week, some sluggish development of this system is probable. The NHC currently assigns this feature a mere 20% likelihood of developing; if anything were to conceivably organize here, it would be much to the south of Alabama. At some point next week, hopefully, this will provide some rain to dry cities like Houston.
Two tropical waves in the eastern and central Atlantic are also being watched by NHC. Over the next seven days, there is a 40% possibility that the lead wave will grow, compared to a 20% likelihood for the wave that is now off the coast of Africa. These are far from the United States.
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