Meteorological Fall Begins

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PLEASANT MORNING: Feels pretty good this morning with a clear sky. We note Crossville and Valley Head in Northeast Alabama have dropped to 59 degrees, with many other spots in the low to mid 60s. In the city, Birmingham is warmer with 68. We expect a good supply of sunshine today with a high in the low 90s.

TOMORROW AND FRIDAY: We stay sunny tomorrow with a high in the mid 90s, but the humidity will be fairly low. Then, a surface front moves through late Friday or Friday night, which has some potential to generate a few isolated showers or storms (but nothing widespread). I don’t rain will be a problem for most high school games Friday night, but one or two showers can’t be ruled out due to that front.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND: A really nice holiday weekend is setting up with a surge of cooler and drier continental air. We are forecasting sunshine in full supply Saturday through Monday with pleasant days and cool nights. The high Saturday and Sunday should be in the mid 80s, followed by a high close to 90 Monday. Looks like we dip into the cool upper 50s early Sunday and Monday morning. What a great weekend for the opening college football games of the season.

NEXT WEEK: A 5940 meter ridge at 500 mb builds by the middle of next week, meaning we heat up into the low to mid 90s by Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather should stat dry.

EARL: Now a category three hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph, there is little change in thinking on the track. The system will pass just 100-150 miles east of the North Carolina Outer Banks late Thursday night, and just east of Cape Cod late Friday night. A hurricane watch is up for the Atlantic Coast from Surf City, North Carolina to Parramore Island, Virginia. See the Weather Xtreme video for all the details.

FIONA: The tropical storm behind Earl is slightly stronger with sustained winds of 45 mph; this one is expected to recurve into the open Atlantic well east of the U.S., remaining below hurricane strength.

GASTON? The wave behind Fiona looks well organized and should become Tropical Storm Gaston in coming days; it remains to be seen if Gaston will recurve, or keep moving west/northwest toward the Lesser Antilles.

And, yet another tropical wave is emerging off the coast of Africa this morning, and other one will come off the continent tomorrow as the wave train keeps cranking out the hits. The names after Gaston are Hermine and Igor. Remember, we don’t name ’em, we just forecast ’em.

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I will be at Boutwell Auditorium this morning doing a weather safety program for school kids at the annual community awareness/Be Ready day. Governor Riley will be speaking at the event at 1:00. The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted here by 3:30 this afternoon… enjoy the day!

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