Weather Xtreme: No Frightening Weather for Halloween… or Through the Next Seven Days

THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND
SATURDAY: At the surface, we’ll have high pressure located just off to our northeast that will keep us dry and cool throughout Central Alabama. Skies will be mostly sunny throughout much of the day, but some clouds do move in late. Highs will top out in the mid-60s to the lower 70s. Don’t forget to set those clocks back an hour before heading to bed.

SUNDAY: We’ll start off with some cloud cover, but those clouds will move out quickly and we’ll have sunny skies by the late morning. It will be a very nice day with highs reaching the lower 60s to the lower 70s. A cold front will move through during the day that will bring a reinforcing shot of cooler air, but you’ll notice it pass by as winds will become a little breezy and cooler out of the north.

THE WORK WEEK AHEAD
MONDAY: High pressure builds into our west to start the work week and we’ll be very cool with sunny skies. Morning lows will be chilly ranging from the lower 30s to the lower 40s, so some locations may see some frost or a brief light freeze. Highs will only make it into the mid-50s to the lower 60s.

TUESDAY: Election Day 2020 will be another very nice but cool day across Central Alabama. After another chilly start, daytime highs will make it into the 60s across the area.

WEDNESDAY: High pressure build back in control off to our east which will keep our weather nice and quiet on Wednesday and through the end of the workweek. Highs will be in the upper 60s to the lower 70s with plenty of sunshine.

THURSDAY: We do notice a tropical system moving across the Caribbean Sea and some moisture will try to work into the southeast, but that high will keep everything to our south and southeast. We’ll be dry and mild with partly cloudy skies. Highs will be in the upper 60s to the mid-70s.

FRIDAY: We’ll continue to have some clouds at times on Friday, but the air looks to remain dry enough to keep any rain from forming across Central Alabama. Highs will be in the lower to mid-70s. We do note that the tropical system does begin to ever so slightly move northward. No threat to Central Alabama at this point, but we’ll have to keep an eye out on it.

THE TROPICS
INVEST 96L: The disturbance over the Caribbean Sea, designated as Invest 96L, looks very impressive and organized as of 2:00 am and the environment continues to be supportive for further development. A tropical depression should form within the next 24 hours and will bring wind and rain to portions of the ABC islands and Jamaica through the weekend. Nearly all ensemble members have 96L moving west through the weekend and into the early parts of the workweek, then the members just go haywire. We do note that a few take the system northward into the Gulf of Mexico. Intensity guidance does have it strengthening into at least a tropical storm, which would be Eta. A few do have it making it into a hurricane. It’s too early in the game to be certain, but we’ll get a better idea once it becomes a depression and become even better organized.

Remember, the Atlantic Hurricane Season does not end until November 30th… still, one month to go.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
1846 – Eighty-seven pioneers were trapped by early snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains that piled five feet deep, with 30 to 40 foot drifts. Just 47 persons survived the “Donner Pass Tragedy”.

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