Skies Are Clearing at Midday; Go Out & Safely See the Eclipse
The sky is starting to dim a little as the peak of the solar eclipse is starting. The good news is that clouds are decreasing so you can get a better view of it.
The sky is starting to dim a little as the peak of the solar eclipse is starting. The good news is that clouds are decreasing so you can get a better view of it.
A few places may have to deal with some light rain this morning, but cooler air moves in on Sunday.
Some nice weather is in store for Alabama, especially Monday and Tuesday, but the fire danger is high across much of Central and all of South Alabama. Hopefully, a decent soaking is in store for South Alabama Wednesday.
Weather will be just awesome this weekend, but watch out for breezy conditions today. For now, it looks like Wednesday will be the only day with showers possible.
Tropical storm force winds could brush the northernmost Leeward including places like Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Maarten tomorrow night.
High pressure will control Alabama’s weather through Thursday, with an approaching front producing some showers on Friday. The weekend looks dry and slightly cooler.
Skies across Central Alabama as we approach 3 pm on this last day of September have some fair-weather cumulus clouds, but nothing in the way of blocking out the sun for more than a few seconds at a time.
It’s a rather quiet forecast for the next several days, but there is a little hope for some rain by the end of the forecast period.
Clouds will be increasing today, and a few showers will be in the forecast starting Monday and continuing through Tuesday. But then drier but seasonable weather will set in as we get into the weekend and turn the calendar to October.
As of the 10 am roundup this morning, skies are sunny across the entire area and temperatures only in the lower 70s to the lower 80s at this point.
The latest Satellite image as of 7 am shows the storm, which looks like the head of the alien from “Alien,” shows that dry air is being pulled into the right side of the storm.
The first day of fall is here, but it will still feel like summer as some locations will hit the lower 90s today. We’ll have a few showers sneak into the forecast by the start of the work week.
There is a small chance that Ophelia could become a hurricane before landfall, which will occur about 4:30 a.m. CDT near Swansboro or Emerald Isle.
It is expected to become a tropical storm tonight as it moves northward. Tropical storm force winds could reach the coastline of North Carolina by tomorrow morning from Wilmington up through the Outer Banks. A tropical storm warning has been issued as far north as the coast of Delaware.