Warm Afternoons Through The Weekend; A Cool Change Next Week
WARM AFTERNOONS THROUGH SUNDAY: Highs will be in the mid 80s across Alabama through the weekend as the warm early fall pattern continues. The weather stays dry today, but we will mention a chance of scattered showers tomorrow statewide… nothing heavy or widespread. Then, the weekend will be rain-free with mostly sunny days and fair nights.
COOL CHANGE: Monday will be another warm, dry day with a high in the mid 80s, but a dry cold front passes through the state Monday night, and cooler air settles in for the west of the week with highs dropping into the 70s over the northern half of the state. Lows will be well down in the 50s; some of the cooler pockets could see upper 40s by mid-week. We see no risk of rain through the week… See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: Kirk is a major hurricane in the eastern Atlantic with winds of 120 mph; thankfully it will turn north, then northeast across the open Atlantic and is no threat to land. And, to the west of Kirk, we have newly formed Tropical Storm Leslie with winds of 40 mph. It will pretty much follow the same path as Kirk and will stay far from land.
Closer to home, disorganized showers and thunderstorms over portions of the Gulf of Mexico are associated with a surface trough. A broad area of low pressure is likely to develop over the Gulf of Mexico late this weekend or early next week, but subsequent tropical or subtropical development could be limited by the system’s potential interaction with a frontal boundary. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains could occur over portions of Mexico during the next few days and over portions of the Florida Peninsula next week.
NHC has dropped the chance of development to 30 percent. We see no tropical storms or hurricane threatening the Central Gulf Coast (Gulf Shores to Panama City Beach) at least for the next 7-10 days.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: Just a small risk of a shower during the first quarter, otherwise mostly and pleasant for the high school games tomorrow night; temperatures will fall through the 70s.
Saturday UAB will host Tulane at Protective Stadium in downtown Birmingham (12:00p CT kickoff)… the sky will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the low to mid 80s.
Auburn will be on the road at Georgia (2:30p CT kickoff)… the sky will be sunny with temperatures in the low 80s through most of the game.
Alabama travels to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt (3:15p CT kickoff)… expect a sunny sky with temperatures falling from near 85 degrees at kickoff, to near 80 by the final whistle.
RACE WEEKEND: Just an outside risk of a shower tomorrow at Talladega, otherwise warm and dry through the weekend with highs in the mid 80s. Lows will be in the 60s.
ON THIS DATE IN 1979: An F4 tornado struck the towns of Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Suffield in Connecticut, causing an estimated $400 million in property damage. The New England Air Museum, which housed more than 20 vintage aircraft, was destroyed. This tornado also caused a United Airlines flight to abort a landing at the Bradley International Airport because the pilot saw the tornado.
Look for the next video briefing here by 3:00 this afternoon… enjoy the day!
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