Cold Front Arrives Tomorrow

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MOSTLY DRY TODAY: Alabama’s weather won’t change much today; partly to mostly sunny with a high between 88 and 91 this afternoon. While the chance of rain is not zero, most communities will remain dry.

COLD FRONT TOMORROW: A surface front will pass through the state tomorrow. The high resolution NAM suggests a few showers could form along the front, with the highest potential for some rain around here between 3:00 and 9:00 a.m. By afternoon, showers should be confined to the southern half of the state. There could be a little thunder in spots, but rain generally should be light and spotty.

COOLER AIR TOMORROW NIGHT: A very nice surge of cooler air moves down into Alabama tomorrow night. By daybreak Saturday, it sure looks like we will see some upper 40s across the cooler pockets of North Alabama. Most communities around here will begin the day in the 54-59 degree range. Saturday looks delightful, with a sunny sky and low humidity. The high should be in the low 80s; some places over North Alabama won’t make it out of the 70s.

Sunday looks dry as well, with ample sunshine and a high in the mid 80s.

NEXT WEEK: Generally dry weather continues Monday and Tuesday; a few showers could show up Wednesday/Thursday, but a big, widespread rain event doesn’t look likely. No tropical connection with potential Tropical Storm Ingrid; it will be too far south.

TROPICS: Hurricane Humberto is in the far East Atlantic with sustained winds of 85 mph… this one is about to encounter much cooler water, and it will slowly weaken in coming days as it meanders over the Atlantic, basically in the middle of nowhere. Gabrielle is now a tropical depression north of Bermuda… it will morph into a North Atlantic cold core system as it approaches the Canadian maritimes this weekend. And, Invest 93L is moving into the Bay of Campeche; this should become Tropical Storm Ingrid over the next 48 hours; it will move into the Mexican coast, well south of Brownsville, TX late Sunday or Monday. Nothing out there threatening the Central Gulf Coast or Alabama.

AT THE BEACH: Lots of sunshine for the Gulf Coast through the weekend from Panama City over to Gulf Shores; the exception comes tomorrow afternoon or evening when a band of storms should pass through along the cold front. Highs will be in the 80s; the sea water temperature this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 84 degrees.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: The weather should be generally dry for the high school games tonight and tomorrow night. Tonight will feature a kickoff temperature near 85 degrees, falling into the 70s by the final whistle. Tomorrow night will be cooler and less humid with upper 70s at kickoff, and potential for upper 60s by the fourth quarter.

For fans traveling to College Station, Texas for Alabama’s game against Texas A&M Saturday (2:30p CT kickoff), you don’t need to bring jackets or sweaters. The sky will be partly sunny with a kickoff temperature near 94 degrees… falling back into the upper 80s by the final whistle. The last few model runs have shown a higher level of moisture, and I think we better mention some risk of an isolated shower or storm during the game.

For Auburn’s home game against Mississippi State (6:00p CT kickoff), the sky will be clear… the temperature close to 81 degrees at kickoff, then falling through the 70s during the game. Much more comfortable than the past two weeks at Jordan Hare Stadium.

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