Pleasant Days, Cool Nights
A FEW SPOTS DID GET RAIN: A few rain totals from very early this morning (between midnight and 6:00 a.m.)…
Windham Springs (Tuscaloosa County) 0.17″
Jacksonville 0.11″
Concord 0.02″
Black Creek (just northeast of Gadsden) 0.02″
Decatur 0.02″
Coker 0.01″
Cottondale 0.01″
Huntsville 0.01″
Nothing was recorded at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport, so today is the 47th consecutive day with no measurable rain, and there is a chance we beat the record streak of 52 rain-free days in a row in 1924 next Thursday.
Photo above of Lake Purdy is from Rachel Callahan, taken today.
THE WEEKEND: Sunny pleasant days, clear cool nights. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For round one of the high school playoff games tonight, the weather will be clear and cool with temperatures falling into the 50s.
Auburn will host Vanderbilt tomorrow (11a CT kickoff)… it will be a perfect day for football with a sunny sky… temperatures will climb from 68 at kickoff, to near 74 by the fourth quarter.
Alabama will be on the road; they play LSU tomorrow night (7p CT kickoff)… the sky will be clear with temperatures falling into the 60s. A great night for football.
TIME CHANGE: Don’t forget we go back on standard time this weekend… set the clocks back one hour before you go to bed tomorrow night. On Sunday, sunrise will come at 6:11a CST, and sunset will be at 4:50p CST.
NEXT WEEK: There is considerable model madness concerning the chance of rain returning to rain next week. The 12Z GFS and ECMWF are generally dry through Friday, but the GFS shows a big rain/storm event for Alabama on Saturday November 12. The Euro, however, is dry through Monday November 14. As the long awaited pattern flip begins, models will struggle with specific weather details in the medium range, so there is very little confidence in a specific solution now.
Confidence remains high in rain producing systems returning to Alabama after mid-November; the European ensemble output still suggests over 5 inches of rain. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
AT THE BEACH: Sunny days, fair nights through Monday. Highs 77-81; lows in the 60s. See a very detailed Gulf Coast forecast here.
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