Hint of Fall in the Air

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Wow, there is really a hint of Fall in the air this morning with temperatures across North and Central Alabama in the upper 50s and lower 60s. These morning lows were last seen in Central Alabama back in the very early days of June. Quite refreshing!!

With plenty of sunshine we should warm up to the upper 80s for highs today. The front was located along the Gulf coast while aloft we have an unusually deep trough over the eastern half of the country for this time of year. Another strong short wave will be digging into the trough on Monday bringing another cold front down our way with shower chances increasing late Monday and into early Tuesday. The northwesterly flow will need to be watched for any kind of thunderstorm cluster that might form. SPC has outlooked an area to across northern Mississippi and West Tennessee that touches Northwest Alabama with the primary threat for damaging wind and hail.

That impulse moves by quickly while still leaving the trough over the eastern half of the country. So we dry out for Wednesday and Thursday and warm up with highs 90 to 92. The process gets repeated on Friday with another strong wave moving into the trough and bringing still another cold front into the Southeast US. This brings the threat of showers back into the forecast for Friday and Saturday, but it looks like Sunday should dry out nicely again much like yesterday with a large high centered to our north and drier air coming into the region.

Tropics are still somewhat active but the environment has become somewhat hostile for any development for the next couple of days. Two areas being watched include the remnants of TD 7 in the Windward Islands and small disturbance way out in the southern Atlantic. Neither is likely to develop any time soon.

Long range model projections keep the trough over the eastern US so it looks like August will be ending without any sign of extreme heat as we stay in the pattern we’ve seen much of the first part of this month.

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Thanks for tuning into the Weather Xtreme Video. James Spann will be back with the next edition first thing Monday morning. I’m heading out on a grand adventure with a trip to Alaska, so I’ll be missing the next couple of weekends. Enjoy the hint of Fall and Godspeed.

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather