Interesting GFS Run from this Morning

Beautiful weather across Alabama this afternoon and great weather in store for tonight’s big SEC openers at Auburn and Tuscaloosa. Game time temperatures will start around 80F and fall into the upper 60s as you walk to your cars.

Temperatures are in the lower and middle 80s and dewpoints are in the refreshing 40s. Skies are crystal clear except for some pretty cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere. Overnight lows will range from the upper 40s in colder North Alabama spots to middle 50s across much of the area.

GASTON A GULF COAST STORM?

You remember Gaston? It had a brief stint as a tropical storm in the eastern Atlantic earlier this week. Gaston is poised to make a comeback, possibly becoming a tropical depression again today about midway between the islands of the Caribbean and the Cape Verdes. The NHC puts the probability of that happening at about 80%.

The morning run of the GFS has Gaston moving slowly across the Greater Antilles this coming week, reaching a point near Miami by Monday the 13th. It then carries it to near the Central Gulf Coast by the 16th and 17th. If they plays out, it could have a big impact on Alabama’s weather

Look at the look from the GFS out 276 hours (Wednesday the 16th at 7 pm), well into voodooland:

Of course this isn’t a forecast, just a possibility and one we will have to study carefully over the coming ten days or so…

You also notice what may well be two other named storms in that picture. It’s going to continue to be a busy September in the tropical Atlantic.

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