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Dry Air Stays In Place Across Alabama Today

| September 3, 2021 @ 5:41 am

TOUCH OF FALL: Here are some temperatures across Alabama early this morning around daybreak…

Oneonta 56
Cullman 58
Haleyville 59
Fort Payne 59
Meridianville 59
Heflin 61
Scottsboro 61
Hueytown 62
Talladega 62
Huntsville 62
Muscle Shoals 63
Bessemer 63
Pell City 63
Bluff Park 64
Northport 65
Anniston 66
Tuscaloosa 67
Birmingham 70
Montgomery 70
Mobile 72

Nice to see the 50s across parts of North Alabama; the air is very dry and we expect another sunny day today with a high mostly in the upper 80s.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND: Mostly sunny weather continues tomorrow and Sunday with highs between 87 and 90 degrees; a few isolated showers could show up late Sunday or Sunday night over the northern half of the state, but moisture will be limited and the chance of any one spot getting wet is only 15-20 percent.

Monday will be partly sunny and warm, and again a few isolated showers or storms could pop up during the day, but most places will stay dry. Monday’s high will be back in the upper 80s.

REST OF NEXT WEEK: Isolated showers remain possible Tuesday, but the coverage of showers and storms should increase Wednesday as a surface front approaches the state from the north. Then, a new surge of dry air drops in here Thursday and Friday. Highs through the week will be mostly in the mid to upper 80s… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: A great night for the high school football games tonight; the sky will be clear with temperatures falling from the low 80s at kickoff to the low 70s by the final whistle.

Alabama takes on Miami in Atlanta tomorrow (2:30p CT kickoff on ABC 33/40)… the game will be played at Mercedes Benz Stadium with the roof open; the weather will be great with a sunny sky along with temperatures in the 80s.

Auburn hosts Akron tomorrow night (6:00p CT kickoff at Jordan-hare Stadium)… the sky will be clear with temperatures falling from 83 at kickoff into the mid 70s by the final whistle.

TROPICS: Hurricane Larry in the central Atlantic now has winds of 90 mph; it will become a major hurricane later today. Not much change in the forecast… it gains latitude over the weekend and will recurve into the Atlantic well east of the U.S. It could be close to the Canadian Maritimes in a week or so, however.

A weak tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic is moving westward, and is not expected to develop through early next week. And, a surface trough over the Gulf of Honduras and portions of Central America is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. This system is expected to move west-northwestward across Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula, bringing heavy rains to that area during the next couple of days. The disturbance could then move over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico late this weekend, but unfavorable upper-level winds are likely to limit significant development while the system moves northwestward or northward over the western Gulf of Mexico early next week. For now NHC gives this only a 20 percent of development over the next five days.

There are no tropical systems threatening the Central Gulf Coast through the middle of next week.

ON THIS DATE IN 1970: During the early evening hours, amid a severe hailstorm at Coffeyville, Kansas, a stone 17.5 inches in circumference and nearly two pounds in weight was recovered. Average stone size from the storm was five inches in diameter, with another stone reportedly eight inches in diameter. This hailstone is currently the third-largest hailstone in the U.S.

ON THIS DATE IN 1979: Hurricane David made landfall in south Florida as a Category 2 storm. It caused 15 deaths in the US. Hurricane David was a Category 5 over the Dominican Republic were over 2,000 people died.

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