Ben Lang

Scattered to numerous showers and storms cover our area Tuesday afternoon, and linger into the evening. Otherwise, the sky remains mostly cloudy with highs in the mid to upper 80s.

While rain coverage looks lower Wednesday compared to Monday and Tuesday, showers and storms become widely scattered during the afternoon. However, some locations remain dry, where sunshine warms temperatures into the low 90s.

Thursday afternoon looks partly cloudy with highs in the low 90s and just a stray shower or storm possible at best. Thursday night looks partly cloudy with lows in the low to mid 70s.

After a cooler start to this week due to clouds and rain, mid-July heat was back Friday afternoon. High temperatures were in the low to mid 90s, but peak heat index values were over 100° in some locations. Isolated to widely scattered showers and storms formed Friday afternoon, and some may linger into the evening. The sky becomes partly cloudy to mostly clear Friday night with lows in the low to mid 70s.

The National Hurricane Center forecast suggests Two continues generally west into the north-central Gulf through Wednesday. While tropical-storm-force wind gusts and heavy tropical rain appear possible by Wednesday along the Alabama and northwest Florida coast, it looks like routine July weather for our area.

Isolated to widely scattered showers and storms appear likely Tuesday afternoon, as some of the tropical-type rain bands on the north side of Bertha move into south Alabama. Otherwise, the sky remains partly to mostly cloudy with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s.

We at Road to VR have been asking ourselves: how do we offer the most value to our readers? That question led to an experiment over the last few months that changed the way we structured each article, with the goal of making them more useful to you. Now, we'd like to hear your thoughts.

As of 10AM Wednesday 7/22/26, Bertha was still a tropical storm with max sustained winds near 50 mph.

As of 10AM Wednesday 7/22/26, Bertha was still a tropical storm with max sustained winds near 50 mph.

Meanwhile, our weather looks routine for late July in central and south Alabama. The sky remains partly cloudy Thursday with isolated to widely scattered showers and storms during the afternoon, lingering into the evening. High temperatures range from the low to mid 90s, though heat indices peak near or above 100°. Rain fades away Thursday night. The sky remains partly cloudy with lows in the mid 70s.