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NEXT EVENT. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE GULF, AND THIS IS TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO. AS OF THE 4:00 ADVISORY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE MEXICO COASTLINE OR EVEN THE GULF COAST AS WELL. BUT IT IS MOVING WESTWARD RIGHT NOW. IT’S AT 30MPH. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, IT WILL BE AT 40, MAKING IT A TROPICAL STORM. THIS WOULD BE TROPICAL STORM BARRY BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. EARLY MONDAY MORNING NEAR TAMPICO, MEXICO. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TWIST WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH THE UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING CLOCKWISE, THE LOW LEVEL CLOUDS MOVING COUNTERCLOCKWISE. AND THAT’S THE TWIST YOU NEED FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS LIKE THIS TO DEVELOP. BUT BACK HERE AT HOME, WE’RE TRACKING SOME RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. ON THE FIRST WARNING LIVE RADAR. LET’S ZOOM IN NOW TO SHELBY COUNTY. WE’RE TRACKING A FEW ISOLATED DOWNPOURS AT THIS POINT. ONE NEAR MONTEVALLO NEAR MOULTON OVER HIGHWAY 25. 155 119 AND TOWARDS 139 TWO, ANOTHER ONE NEAR COLUMBIANA NEAR HIGHWAY 25 AS WELL. CLEAR, THOUGH AT THE MOMENT VERY DRY. MORE DOWNPOURS NEAR COOKE’S SPRINGS, RIGHT ALONG I-20. SO IF YOU’RE OUT IN THE ROADWAYS DRIVING EAST TOWARDS ATLANTA, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW. AND THIS THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF ASHLAND HAS BEEN DEVELOPING PRETTY QUICKLY. THIS IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF MILLERVILLE. ANOTHER ONE SOUTHWEST OF MILLERVILLE, TOO, WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MELO SEEING SOME RAIN. THIS IS NEAR VALLEY AND CRAGFORD. LET’S ZOOM INTO THIS AGAIN. THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF ASHLAND, SO IF YOU’RE NEAR DOWNTOWN ASHLAND YOU MIGHT SAY, OH, WE’RE NOT SEEING ANY RAIN. BUT IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE AND LOOK SOUTH, YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE SOME PRETTY DARK CLOUDS NEAR COPELAND LANE AND NEAR COUNTY ROAD FIVE AND BIG SPRINGS ROAD, AND MOVING FURTHER SOUTH, WE HAD A PRETTY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ALEXANDER CITY EARLIER OVER LAKE MARTIN. AT THIS POINT, IT’S JUST RAIN. STILL SOME LIGHTNING PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. THAT’S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH. BUT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT RAIN DID TO THE TEMPERATURES. WE’RE BACK IN THE LOW 70S IN ALEXANDER CITY AND NEAR LAKE MARTIN. BUT IF YOU LOOK OFF JUST TO THE NORTHWEST AND SPOTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE SEEN NEARLY AS MUCH RAIN, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE UPPER 80S FEELING LIKE THE MID 90S. I MEAN, FEELING LIKE 103 THERE AND WINFIELD SO HOT WITH THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN THE FORECAST THE PAST FEW DAYS AND WILL BE IN THE FORECAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DAILY THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, ESPECIALLY STARTING TOMORROW AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY, KEEPING THE HEAT FEELING LIKE THE TRIPLE DIGITS. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY DRY UP AS WE GET INTO THE 4TH OF JULY. FRIDAY. BUT I’LL TALK ABOUT MORE ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND. FIRST, THE FUTURE TRACK WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THESE ISOLATED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS, THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 4 A.M. TONIGHT, SO DON’T BE SURPRISED TO WAKE UP TO SOME THUNDER OR LIGHTNING. AND THEN WE SEE MORE COVERAGE. RETURN TOMORROW AFTERNOON STARTING AT 3 P.M., PEAKING THROUGH 7 P.M. GUSTY WINDS, INTENSE LIGHTNING, BOTH ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN BY 2 A.M. MONDAY THAT DRIES OUT AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE A SIMILAR SITUATION MONDAY, TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THAT’S WHEN A COLD FRONT COMES IN. AND THAT’S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A WHOLE LOT DRIER. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AND FOR SUMMER, A 20% CHANCE THAT’S A GOOD THING. THAT’S JUST ABOUT AS DRY AS WE CAN GET. AND I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHY. HERE’S OUR NEXT BIG CHANGES. TROPICAL AIR MASS IS GOING TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT COMES INTO NORTH ALABAMA AND EVENTUALLY CENTRAL ALABAMA. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO KEEP RAIN CHANCES LOW THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR YOUR 4TH OF JULY. AND THAT WILL SLOWLY RAMP BACK UP AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEKEND. BUT FOR NOW, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EVERY AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S BACK IN THE L