Dry With Cool Nights, Pleasant Days

COOL MORNING: A fresh supply of cool, dry air moved into Alabama overnight. Some temperatures just before sunrise include…

Black Creek 39
Gadsden 43
Hueytown 44
Talladega 45
Pell City 45
Huntsville 45
Selma 46
Anniston 46
Decatur 46
Scottsboro 46
Heflin 46
Sylacauga 48
West Blocton 48
Tuscaloosa 49
Carbon Hill 49
Birmingham 50
Montgomery 50
Mobile 56

Today will be a picture perfect fall day with sunshine in full supply, low humidity, and a high in the low 70s for most places. Tonight will most likely be the coolest night so far this season; colder pockets could reach the upper 30s by daybreak tomorrow.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK: Sunny weather continues; the high tomorrow will be in the mid 70s, followed by upper 70s Sunday. The long dry spell continues next week; afternoon temperatures will likely reach the low 80s Tuesday and Wednesday before dropping back into the upper 70s Thursday and Friday. Lows will be mostly in the 50s… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

TROPICS: NHC continues to monitor two tropical waves; one of them is in the eastern Caribbean, and has only a low chance (30%) of development over the next five days. The western wave is expected to become a depression, or Tropical Storm Gamma over the next few days. It will drift over the Yucatan Peninsula, and then into the Bay of Campeche. From there, steering currents are very weak, and most likely it will just hang around the same general area all of next week. No tropical trouble is expected for the northern Gulf of Mexico for the next seven days.

RACE WEEKEND: The weather looks good for NASCAR fans. Sunny days, clear nights at Talladega with highs in the 70s, and lows in the 40s and 50s. Coolest morning will be early tomorrow when temperatures will drop into the 40-45 degree range. For the YellaWood 500 on Sunday, we expect a mostly sunny sky with a high in the mid 70s.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Perfect autumn weather for the high school games tonight. The sky will be clear with temperatures falling from the mid 60s at kickoff, into the 50s by the second half.

Tomorrow, Alabama will host Texas A&M and Bryant-Denny Stadium (2:30p CT kickoff)… the sky will be sunny with a kickoff temperature around 74 degrees, then dropping to near 70 by the final whistle. Auburn will Auburn is on the road; they take on Georgia in Athens tomorrow night (6:30p CT kickoff). The sky will be clear; temperatures will fall from near 68 at kickoff, to near 60 by the fourth quarter.

UAB has a home game tomorrow at Legion Field (11:30a CT kickoff) against UTSA; the sky will be sunny with temperatures rising into the low to mid 70s during the game. Perfect day for college football across the Deep South. Jacksonville State is on the road; they take on Florida State in Tallahassee (3p CT kickoff). The sky will be mostly sunny with temperatures falling from the upper 70s at kickoff, to near 70 by the final whistle.

ON THIS DATE IN 1898: A Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Georgia on this day. This is the most recent major (Cat 3 or stronger) hurricane to make landfall in Georgia.

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