
A Warm Alabama Sunday Afternoon; Alex Nearly a Hurricane
Potential Tropical Cyclone One was a late bloomer, but it is making the most of an abnormally warm Gulf Stream today.
Potential Tropical Cyclone One was a late bloomer, but it is making the most of an abnormally warm Gulf Stream today.
We will be dry and warm across Alabama today with highs in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Alex is moving away from the US and will brush Bermuda on Monday with tropical storm force winds.
Temperatures across the area were in the upper 70s to the upper 80s as of the 1 pm roundup, with most locations reporting partly to mostly sunny skies.
Much of the area will be dry today with slightly lower humidity values. Unfortunately, the heat returns starting on Monday along with a few showers and storms by the end of the week.
Tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area in western Cuba Friday and Friday night, and are possible in the watch area in the Florida Peninsula and Florida Keys Friday night and Saturday.
Not much change in the forecast between the update at 1 pm CDT this afternoon and tonight’s 7 pm CDT update. However, the NHC has upped the formation chances up to 80% through the next 48 hours on the remnants of Agatha.
A tropical depression is likely to develop within the next 48-72 hours over the Gulf of Mexico or the northwestern Caribbean Sea.
The remnants of Hurricane Agatha continues to move northeastward across the Yucatán Peninsula and will emerge over the northeastern parts of the Caribbean Sea and the southern Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
It will be warm and dry across Alabama through midweek. We could see Tropical Storm Alex in the Gulf or Caribbean by Thursday or Friday.