A Warm and Dry Weekend

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High pressure off to our northeast has created a bit of a wedge pattern which has ushered in drier air to Alabama. This should provide us with a gorgeous warm weekend for the last of summer with the official start of Fall coming Monday evening. There were some clouds especially in East Central and Southeast Alabama as well as the southern portion of Georgia, but most of those should mix out by late morning Highs today will be in the middle 80s, a tad cooler in the eastern sections where the wedge will be a bit stronger, but warming into the middle and upper 80s on Sunday.

The first really good push of cooler air will come with a cold front passing through the area on Monday morning. Moisture will be somewhat limited with the front plus it will be coming through during the early morning hours of Monday, so showers will be limited but I think we have a chance to see some showers. Rainfall amounts should be less than a quarter of an inch in spots that do see a shower.

After the front comes through on Monday morning, high pressure to our north will bring cooler and drier air to Alabama. Cooler is relative, though, as we will continue to see highs generally in the lower 80s for the week ahead. The biggest change will come in the morning lows that will dip down well into the 60s on Tuesday morning and by Wednesday morning we should see readings in the upper 50s with lower 50s in those cooler spots. As the upper ridge builds strong across the eastern portion of the country into the end of the week, look for high temperatures to again climb into the middle 80s with lows in the 60s.

Headed to Tuscaloosa for the game this afternoon? Looks like a warm day with mostly sunny skies and a kickoff temperature around 85 degrees, falling into the upper 70s by the final whistle.

Beach goers will enjoy plenty of sunshine and dry weather for the weekend. Showers will be widely scattered on Monday but dry weather returns for the rest of the week with highs in the middle 80s. Water temperature along the beaches is coming down a bit with values still in the mid 80s.

The tropics are quiet with just one area of cloudiness being watched well out in the Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands. This system is not expected to develop in the short term and will stay well out to sea.

Looking out into voodoo country, the GFS is painting a strong weather system around the first of October with a strong, closed upper low coming across the Plains states. This system has the potential to produce some severe weather possibilities. An upper ridge builds in across the Gulf after that system passes providing another period of dry weather for Alabama.

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I’ll be filling in for Meaghan on ABC 3340 News at 6 and 10 pm today, so be sure to tune in for the latest forecast. I’m going to be assisting with announcing duties at the Birmingham Ride for Kids at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday morning, so not too sure about the next video. I will try to post some forecast notes even if I can’t get a video done. Enjoy the marvelous warm weather and Godspeed.

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather