At Midday, Warming Up In Central Alabama & All Eyes On The Gulf

Conditions at 11:10 AM across Central Alabama has a good bit of sunshine reaching the surface with some cumulus clouds floating overhead filtering some of that sun at times. Unfortunately, temperatures are not being held back by those clouds as we are seeing reports coming in in the 81-86 degree range throughout the area. Birmingham was sitting at 81 degrees. The warm spot was Eufaula at 86 degrees.

We see throughout the remainder of the afternoon hours that we have a small risk of a few isolated to scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm across Central Alabama. Rain chances will be higher in the southeast corner of the area (south of I-85 and east of I-65), around 30-40%, while chances for the rest of the area will be 20% and less as you move north from there. Afternoon highs will top out in the upper 80s to the lower 90s throughout the area, but the good news is that this should be the last day we see 90 degree temperatures until the late spring of 2019. Rain chances will quickly diminish after sunset and we’ll be left with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. Lows will be in the mid-60s to the lower 70s.

The latest on Hurricane Michael has maximum sustained winds at 75 MPH and movement is to the north at 7 MPH. The minimum central pressure is at 982mb, and the center was located in between Cozumel, Mexico and the western tip of Cuba.

Michael is now forecast to become a major hurricane (Category 3) as it nears the Florida coastline on Wednesday. Impacts to Central Alabama are currently expected to be smallmainly affect locations along and southeast of the I-85 corridor on Wednesday into early Thursday. Any shift to the west in the forecast track to cause a significant increase in the impacts to parts of Central Alabama on Wednesday and into the early parts of Thursday. As of now, 1-3 inches of rainfall can be seen from Michael over the southeastern locations in the area, and wind gusts of 25-35 MPH can be expected.

Once we get Michael out of the area, we’ll have much cooler conditions throughout the area. We’ll se highs in the lower 70s to near 80 degrees on Friday, and the upper 60s to the upper 70s for the weekend. You can expect excellent weather for the races at Talladega and for the local football games.

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