Alabama Power will test warning sirens downstream of Lay and Mitchell dams on Thursday, Sept. 30. The sirens will be sounded at or around noon and will be preceded by a voice announcement.
Just as reported in the 10 am advisory post, Tropical Storm Sam has started to rapidly intensify as the maximum sustained winds have increased from 50 to 60 mph and the pressure has dropped from 1003 to 1000 mb.
SEVERE CLEAR: Nothing but sunshine across Alabama this afternoon as a very dry airmass is now parked across the Deep South. Temperatures are mostly in the mid 70s; tonight will be clear and cool with lows between 44 and 54 degrees. For most places it will be a few degrees cooler than what we experienced earlier this morning.
Plan your weekend around festive outdoor events with this week’s Can’t Miss Alabama.
We know about the formation of Tropical Storm Sam from the post earlier this morning and from Ryan’s midday post, but we still have three other areas of interest even after Peter and Rose have been taken off of the board. The good news is that none of these are a threat to the US Mainland.
It just doesn’t get any better than this in my opinion. For today and through the weekend, fantastic fall weather will continue.
As of the 10 am update from the National Hurricane Center, TD-18 has strengthened into Tropical Storm Sam, with maximum sustained winds at 50 MPH. This is the 2nd earliest formation of the 18th named storm in the Atlantic basin, moving ahead of the 2005 hurricane season, and only trailing last year.
TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: Dry weather continues with sunny pleasant days and clear cool nights. The high tomorrow will be in the upper 70s… followed by low 80s over the weekend. Many places will drop back into the 40s early tomorrow… lows Saturday and Sunday morning will be in the 50s.
Alabama has many small towns that are great places to explore on a weekend trip – and Greensboro is certainly on that list.
