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Again from central and southern alabama all the way through the core of florida panhandle down into the gulf.

Not a good way t get the start of the holiday weekend, but that's what the folks down to our south are having to deal with as we get into southeast.

Tennessee is a much calmer picture very little going on.

Other than a few puffy white cumulus clouds good- looking day underway will be much nicer than what we had on wednesday and warmer.

We are already warmer right now in the afternoon high yesterday all we could.

It was 83 on wednesday will do better than that today pushing 90 showers storms while scientifically and technically it's possible today.

It is extremely unlikely for the weekend should be mainly hot an dry.

A good part of the area.

Still, into the upper seventies owes of you up in tellico as well as monteagle and down into blue ridge 81 in lafayette.

Factor in the humidity feels like 90 for us here downtown 88.

The heat index and dalton and 90 as well and do so.

Nothing terribly, terribly oppressive downtown 85, terribly oppressive downtown 8563 percent humidity.

At least we do have a little bi of a breeze coming in and out o the next 10 eighties and upper eighties in chicago, new york and dallas.

We are 11 degrees warmer than we were just 24 hours ago.

So if you're thinking it feels a little warmer and little more human.

You're right around the midsouth chattanooga second hottest only to memphis with 87 over the bluff city 85 here rossville still holding steady at 78 degrees.

Here's the frontal boundaries.

But, waffling back and forth generating some instability along the frontal boundary itself with russ.

Things are a little call again.

We could see a couple of showers popping up today.

It's just not early morning tomorrow, 68 to 72 for most of our viewing area and here in the city tomorrow afternoon.

We should be topping 90.

Not by a whole lot but when you have the humidity again for tomorrow the field closer to th upper nineties saturday afternoon.

Kind of the same situation.

Maybe a sprinkler too well to her self still think that affects us here in over the next 48 hours accumulation amounts practically nonexistent beginning monday we could see everything we will return to that typical summer like patter words partly sunny hot humid with the usual chance of a late day shower, tuesday and getting into wednesday keeper.

I along the atlantic starting on wednesday of next week.

It's a little bit of activity forming there the could make for interesting late week, especially from wilmington up through the outer banks and all of two nations capital.

A lot of time between now and then but i does watching 89 this afternoon.

Mostly sunny and hot all to you more about that seven-day forecast on the other side of 89 today, tomorrow, saturday, sunday will be at 90 your little bit above slightly higher shower chances for monday and tuesday will drive those afternoon high down but not by much.

Okay, back to you with the desk.

Thank you jeff.

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