Relatively Quiet For Now, Storms Likely Later On: It’s The Midday Nowcast For Central AL

CONDITIONS AT 11:30 AM
At this point, radar is pretty quiet throughout Central Alabama. Only a few spotty showers are showing up over parts of Cullman and Winston counties, along with a couple over northern Hale and southern Tuscaloosa counties. Where it’s not raining, skies are partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the mid-70s to the mid-80s for most, with Eufaula being the exception at 89 degrees. Birmingham was sitting at 84 degrees.

SHOWERS & STORMS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF YOUR WEDNESDAY
We’ll continue to have mainly cloudy skies throughout the remainder of the afternoon and into the evening hours with showers and thunderstorms likely. No organized severe storms are expected, but there may be a few storms that will have gusty winds and dangerous cloud to ground lightning. The chance of rain for any one location is up around 70%. Afternoon highs will be in the 80s throughout the area with the warmer temperatures in the southern parts. Rain chances diminish somewhat for much of the area, but the northwestern and northern parts of the area will continue to see an increased risk of showers and storms through the evening and into the late night and overnight hours. Lows will be in the upper 60s to the lower 70s and the chance of rain for any one location will range from 30% in the south to 80% in the north and northwest.

TROPICAL UPDATE
A disturbance (the ghost of Florence) located around 250 miles south of Cape Hatteras, NC, continues to show that its circulation is elongated and not well organized. It is forecast to move northward offshore near the coast of North Carolina before turning back out to sea on Wednesday. NHC gives it a 50% chance of forming into a depression over the next day or two, but conditions become unfavorable after that. No matter if it formes into a depression or not, scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely over portions of the Carolinas later today and into tonight, along with dangerous surf and rip currents on the NC coast today.

The remnants of Kirk are still located well east of the Winward Islands and is moving to the west at 25 MPH. It still lacks a closed circulation at this point, but it could reform within the next day or two. Once it reaches the Caribbean, conditions will be unfavorable for further development. NHC gives it a 60% chance of reforming into a depression over the next five days.

Subtropical Depression Leslie is forecast to become post-tropical today after it merges with a cold front over the central Atlantic. By the end of the week, she is expected to reacquire subtropical or tropical characteristics while meandering over the central Atlantic. No threat to any land.

The Gulf of Mexico remains quiet at this point.

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1939 – A west coast hurricane moved onshore south of Los Angeles bringing unprecedented rains along the southern coast of California. Nearly five and a half inches of rain drenched Los Angeles during a 24 hour period. The hurricane caused two million dollars damage, mostly to structures along the coast and to crops, and claimed 45 lives at sea. “”El Cordonazo”” produced 5.66 inches of rain at Los Angeles and 11.6 inches of rain at Mount Wilson, both records for the month of September.

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