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Seems rather hot out there today even though the airport had only reached 92. My thermometer topped out around 96 this afternoon and it sure felt like it to me. I'm ready to head back to Chicago where temperatures were around 80 for much of my stay over last weekend.
The trough over the eastern third of the country is going to dampen out as does the ridge over the western half of the country. The net result is a rather zonal pattern with the main storm track along the northern tier of the US.
The latest GFS model run, the 12Z run, now hints at the possibility of a front reaching the northern portion of Alabama around mid-week next week. I'm somewhat dubious of that since fronts really have a hard time of making their way very far south during the summer. One factor which might favor the front getting into Alabama is the history of troughs over the eastern half of the country for the last couple of months. If the trough should sharpen up enough, then we could see the front stall out in North Alabama giving us a focus for some increase in shower chances. But that is at least four or five days out, so we'll just watch to see if the GFS keeps that trend.
In the long term, ridging is expected to be with us out through 300 hours so we can only hope for a scattered shower over our yard.
Tropics are still quiet. An area of disturbed weather over the Lesser Antilles continues to bring wet weather to that area. Upper level wind is not favorable for any development in the near term. An area of cloudiness has shown up this afternoon in the southwest Gulf of Mexico, but pressures are rather high in that area, so no signs for any development at this time.
I'll be back tomorrow morning with another web video map discussion. I'll try to have it posted no later than 8 am. Hope you have a graet evening. Stay cool.
-Brian-