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MUSCLE OUT THERE WITH ANY STORM SYSTEMS NEARBY TO TAKE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. THAT’S DOWN HERE CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND CONVERT THAT INTO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE CLOUDS. WE’LL GO BACK TO 347 THIS AFTERNOON AND WATCH THESE CUMULUS CLOUDS DRIFTING BY. OF COURSE, WE’VE SPED THIS UP OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS, BUT THERE’S JUST NOT A LOT OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. AND NOW THAT THE SUN IS BEGINNING TO SET ON THE HORIZON, YOU SEE THE HIGH THIN CLOUDS TO THE NORTHWEST OF US. BUT WE DON’T EVEN HAVE THE BUILDUP OF CUMULUS RIGHT NOW THAT COULD PROVIDE US WITH ANY RAIN. SO IN BIRMINGHAM AT THE MOMENT, THINGS ARE NICE AND DRY. ON FIRST WARNING LIVE DOPPLER, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MOUNTAINS HERE IN JEFFERSON, SHELBY HILLS AND BIBB COUNTY AND TUSCALOOSA COUNTY BEING PICKED UP BY THE RADAR BEAM. SOMETIMES ON CLEAR DAYS, IT DOES THAT. WE’RE ABLE TO SEE EVEN THE LANDSCAPE WITH THAT RADAR. IT’S 85 IN TUSCALOOSA, 79 IN ANNISTON, 80 IN BIRMINGHAM. SO WHAT ABOUT THIS INSTABILITY? YEAH, IT’S IT’S HUMID AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. BUT ALL THE STORMS ARE HAPPENING ON THE NORTHERN RIM OF WHERE WE HAVE THE HOT, HUMID AIR. SOME OF THIS ACTION UP HERE IN OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTHWEST INTO MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND SPRINGFIELD, THEY GOT ROCKED. AND NOW THERE ARE BIG STORMS WITH HUGE HAIL IN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. THIS IS THE ENHANCED SATELLITE IMAGERY. AND IT’S JUST A TRAIN OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES RUNNING ALL THE WAY FROM WEST AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS UP THROUGH OKLAHOMA, MISSOURI, AND THEN RIGHT ON UP TOWARD THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, INTO NEW YORK AND VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND IT’S ALL HAPPENING AWAY FROM US AT THE MOMENT. BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING. THAT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO US ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR MULTIPLE WAVES OF BIG, POWERFUL STORMS LIKE THOSE TO THE NORTH. THESE ARE MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMELINE ON THURSDAY, SOME OF THEM COMING THROUGH THE BIRMINGHAM AREA AS EARLY AS MAYBE 5:06 P.M. THAT COULD REALLY PUT A DAMPER ON SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. AND THEN FRIDAY, ALSO THE TIMING IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING WITH THIS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS PUTTING DOWN A TIME ON A MAP AND LOOKING AT IT AND KNOWING EXACTLY WHEN THOSE STORMS WILL BE COMING IN. SO THURSDAY, IT’S MAINLY THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE WHERE WE HAVE THAT RISK OF SOME SEVERE STORMS, AND IT’S A LIMITED RISK. THIS IS THE LOWER END THRESHOLD. AS THE STORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE TOUGH TIME CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN THAT INTENSITY. LET’S GET TO TOMORROW. FIRST, THERE MAY BE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES START IN THE 60S. EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. WE’RE GOING UP INTO THE 80S IN THE AFTERNOON. MAYBE A BRIEF SHOWER OR TWO WITH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 80 AND 85. BUT THEN ON THURSDAY, WE’RE WATCHING THAT COLD FRONT GET CLOSER TO US. AND AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN DEVELOPING BY 4 P.M., THEY’RE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 5 AND 7 COMING THROUGH BIRMINGHAM, SHELBY COUNTY, TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, BLOUNT, SAINT CLAIR, ETOWAH. THOSE WILL MOVE OUT, AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMING THROUGH ON FRIDAY. AND THE TIMELINE ON THAT COULD BE SOMEWHAT OF A NUISANCE TO SHOWERS. MOVE OUT VERY EARLY SATURDAY. WE SHOULD BE BONE DRY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY, AND THEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WARM AFTERNOONS, BUT CRISP AND COOL EAR