A Chilly Night Tonight

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DRY THROUGH SUNDAY: We are still projecting a low in the upper 30s for most places at daybreak tomorrow with a clear sky and light wind. We warm during the day tomorrow to around 70 with bright sunshine.

The weekend still looks great with mostly sunny mild days and clear cool nights. The high Saturday will be in the low 70s, followed by mid 70s Sunday.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Absolutely perfect weather for high school play off games tomorrow night night and, for a change, the games will be on a dry field. Kick-off temperatures will be in the 60s dropping into the 50s. On Saturday, LSU will be in Tuscaloosa to play Alabama with a 2:30 kick off on CBS. It should be in the low 70s at kick off and in the 60s during the second half. Almost identically the same weather for the Auburn/Furman game in Auburn. UAB will have homecoming Saturday at Legion Field playing Florida Atlantic. Close to 70 at kick off and in the 60s during the second half.

NEXT WEEK: A disturbance in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico will move into the Deep South, and will bring a chance of showers and possible thunderstorms to Alabama mainly Monday night and Tuesday. For now the weather looks dry Wednesday and Thursday, with a possible return to rain by the following weekend. See the Weather Xtreme video for long range details.

IDA NOW A TROPICAL STORM: Eyes will be on Tropical Storm Ida, now over Nicaragua. The system will be back over water tomorrow, and it is expected to grow stronger as it moves up toward the Yucatan Channel. The GFDL continues to be an outlier, bringing Ida to major hurricane status early next week over the Southeast Gulf, while the other models are more conservative. The NHC has Ida as a tropical storm in the far southern Gulf of Mexico Monday night. Due to cool SSTs (see J.B.’s post below this one), it should not be a problem for the northern Gulf Coast, but our friends over the Florida peninsula will need to watch Ida closely, especially around Key West. Again, see the Weather Xtreme video for full details and graphics.

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