Dry Weather Continues Across Alabama
DRY DAYS: Not a single shower on radar across the great state of Alabama this afternoon as an unusually dry airmass continues to cover the state. The sky is mostly sunny, but hazy thanks to smoke being transported into the region by upper air winds out of the northwest. That smoke originates from the fires over western Canada and parts of the Northwest U.S.
Temperatures are in the 80s this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and pleasant; we drop well down into the 60s again early tomorrow morning.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: Dry weather continues tomorrow; the sky will be partly to mostly sunny with a high in the upper 80s. We will mention just a few isolated showers Saturday afternoon; most places will remain rain-free with a partly sunny sky… Saturday’s high will remain in the upper 80s. Then, on Sunday, after a mostly sunny morning we could see a few random, pop-up type afternoon showers or storms. Chance of any one spot getting wet Sunday is about one in four, and the high will be in the 87-90 degree range.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: No rain for the opening night of high school football across Alabama tonight and tomorrow night… the sky will be mostly fair with temperatures falling into the 70s.
NEXT WEEK: Looks like fairly routine late summer weather through the week. Partly sunny days with “widely scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms”. Highs will be pretty close to 90 degrees… see the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
LANE: The hurricane passing just west of Hawaii is packing sustained winds of 135 mph; it will weaken over the next few days, and the center will remain offshore (no direct hit). The biggest issue for the Hawaiian Islands is flooding; rain amounts of 10-20 inches are likely, with isolated heavier totals.
The Atlantic basin remains calm; we are watching a tropical wave that is coming off the coast of Africa… NHC gives it only a 20 percent chance of any development over the next five days due to cooler than average ocean water, and dry air.
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