Part of Alabama face the prospect of seeing severe storms today, Saturday and Sunday.

It will also be very warm statewide, and heat advisories will be in effect for parts of west Alabama today.

As far as storms go, the National Weather Service said the strongest storms could have damaging wind gusts as high as 60 mph and heavy rain. Hail could also be possible in Saturday’s storms.

The weather service said a series of disturbances will bring chances for storms to the state through the weekend.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has a Level 1 out of 5 risk for severe weather for north and part of central Alabama for today (today’s forecast is at the top of this post) as well as Saturday and Sunday.

A Level 1 risk means isolated severe storms will be possible.

Here is Saturday’s severe weather outlook:

On Sunday there will be another Level 1 risk, but it will expand to include most of the state. Below is the outlook for Sunday:

The weather service said Friday’s storms could develop along an outflow boundary and could merge into an organized cluster across northeast Alabama and push southeastward through the evening.

Saturday’s storms could originate in a cluster that could develop far to the west in Kansas and Arkansas. It could make it to Alabama after sunrise on Saturday and push across the state during the day.

On Sunday, forecasters said a final round of storms could arrive in north Alabama in the morning as a cold front drops southward across the state.

HEAT ADVISORIES

Some parts of Alabama will also be under heat advisories today (the counties in orange):

High temperatures today will be in the mid- to upper 90s statewide, and increasing humidity levels could make it feel as hot as 110 degrees in some areas.

Here are today’s forecast highs:

More highs in mid-90s will be possible through the weekend before slightly cooler temperatures make it to parts of the state behind a cold front on Monday.