Showers Become More Scattered Tomorrow

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RADAR CHECK: The good news is that the huge downpours over Dallas, Wilcox, and Butler Counties to the south have ended for now; the City of Selma was under a flash flood emergency for a while as up to three feet of water was covering roadways for a while. A CoCoRahs observer near downtown Selma measured 9.64″ over the past 24 hours, and radar suggests some places in Lowndes County around Braggs had over 10 inches of rain.

RIGHT NOW: As I write this a strong storm is moving south through the eastern half of Greene County in West Alabama; other showers are from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, and east to near Wedowee. These tropical showers are moving to the south.

I should mention all of this wet/unsettled weather over the past three days is the result of the ghost of Isaac; the former hurricane that hit the Louisiana coast last week.

REST OF THE WEEK: The “ghost of Isaac” will be drifting south into the Gulf of Mexico, and the air here should be a bit more stable, and accordingly showers and storms for much of Alabama will be more scattered in nature, and we should see increasing amounts of sunshine through Friday. Any showers or storms should be widely spaced, and mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. Heat levels will be creeping up, and the high should close to, or just over 90 degrees each afternoon.

LET’S WATCH the Gulf of Mexico… it is not too far fetched to believe that the “ghost of Isaac” might become better organized over the northern Gulf in coming days. I am not saying a new tropical storm will form, but I do believe it is a possibility. If by chance this happens, NHC will most likely give this a new name since it is only a little piece of the storm that once was Isaac. Even if there is no organization, the moisture will most likely be poised to move northeast along an approach cold front early in the weekend.

SATURDAY/SUNDAY: Saturday still looks wet for Alabama with a cold front moving in from the northwest, and the tropical moisture to the south that should get involved with the front. Really too early to talk about timing and rain amounts, but no doubt we will have a good chance of showers and storms, and you need to plan accordingly.

We finally will get a break from the ocean of humidity Sunday, and cooler, drier continental air blows into Alabama Sunday. Cold air aloft associated with the upper trough could set off a few scattered afternoon showers over the northern counties of the state, but the rain should not be widespread. The GFS is printing a high of only 79 degrees Sunday with a fresh north breeze.

NEXT WEEK: The GFS shows a low of 58 for Birmingham early Monday, we have to wonder if some of the cooler valleys of North Alabama might make a run at the upper 40s for the first time in a while. Monday and Tuesday should feature a good supply of sunshine with low humidity and very comfortable temperatures.

TROPICS: Two tropical storms, Leslie and Michael, and hanging around in the Atlantic. Leslie could reach hurricane strength later this week, with a potential threat to the island of Bermuda on Saturday. Then, the system should recurve before reaching the U.S…. but it might be close to Nova Scotia next week as it makes the turn. Michael won’t impact any land area, and is not expected to become a hurricane.

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Category: Alabama's Weather