Settling Back into a Summer-like Pattern

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After a wet start to the Labor Day weekend, showers should be less numerous across Alabama with the better chances for seeing an isolated storm across the northern third of Alabama generally Birmingham and northward. Some patchy fog was occurring thanks to the widespread rain yesterday, but it should burn off by 9 am or so. The sky will contain a mixture of sun and clouds as we see highs climb mainly into the lower 90s. The upper air disturbance that moved out of the Northwest Gulf yesterday and produced a good rainfall event for a sizable chunk of the state especially the western half was moving into the Ohio River Valley today where a number of flash flood watches were posted for heavy rain.

As this disturbance pulls northeastward, the upper ridge will build into and across the Southeast US for the next week pretty much settling us back into a summer-like pattern with daily shower and storm chances thanks to daily heating. As the upper ridge remains the main feature, high temperatures should reach into the lower and middle 90s, generally the 92 to 95 range, for most of the week.

Good looking forecast for the beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. While there will be some passing storms possible each day, there will still be plenty of sunshine. Highs at the beach will be near 90, with morning lows near 80. For the week ahead, the weather looks fairly typical along the northern Gulf Coast for the first week in September. Water temperature at Perdido Pass was 85.9 degrees.

Tropics are generally quiet with just one area of disturbed weather moving westward across the Yucatan Peninsula. Conditions are expected to be favorable for strengthening of this system on Monday and Tuesday as it moves out of Yucatan and into the Southwest Gulf of Mexico. The upper ridge across the Southeast US should keep it moving westward into Mexico.

Looking out into voodoo country, the ridge remains the big player for the Southeast US into Week 2, but the GFS is still setting the stage for a substantial rain event around the 12th and 13th of September with a strong trough moving across the Central US that could bring a cold front to the Southeast US.

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I’ll be filling in for Charles on Good Morning Alabama on Monday, Labor Day. James Spann will have the next edition of the Weather Xtreme Video on Monday morning. Godspeed.

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather