Cool Weekend Ahead With Periods Of Rain
RADAR CHECK: This is a cloudy, cool Friday with patchy light rain over the southern half of the state at mid-afternoon. We note a few peeks of sun over the Tennessee Valley… temperatures are in the 57-65 degree range over the northern counties, with low to mid 70s over South Alabama. Tonight will be cloudy with some light rain at times.
Cool, damp weather continues over the weekend with periods of light rain statewide. Additional rain amounts between now and Sunday evening will be in the 1/2 to 1 inch range for much of the state. Communities across North Alabama will likely hold in the mid to upper 50s tomorrow and Sunday with a cloudy sky.
NEXT WEEK: Monday will be dry, but more rain will move into the southern 2/3 of the state Tuesday, and we will mention some risk of rain statewide Wednesday and Thursday. Seven day rain totals will range from around 1/2 inch for the Tennessee Valley, to 3-4 inches over South Alabama. Highs will be mostly in the 60s through the week… See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: Periods of light rain are possible for the high school playoff games across the state tonight with temperatures hovering in the upper 50s and low 60s.
Tomorrow, Alabama travels to Lexington to take on Kentucky (11a CT kickoff). The sky will be mostly sunny with temperatures rising from near 52 at kickoff, to around 56 degrees by the final whistle.
UAB is also on the road; they will be in Annapolis MD play Navy (2:30p CT kickoff). It will be a great day for football; the sky will be sunny with temperatures falling from the mid 50s at kickoff, into the upper 40s by the fourth quarter.
Auburn will be in Fayetteville as they take on Arkansas (3:00p CT kickoff). The sky will be partly too mostly sunny with temperatures falling from the low 60s at kickoff, into the 50s by the fourth quarter.
TROPICS: A broad area of low pressure is forecast to form in the southwestern Caribbean Sea by the middle of next week. Thereafter, environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system while it drifts slowly, remaining in the Caribbean Sea through the latter part of next week. NHC gives it a 30 percent chance of development over the next seven days. The rest of the Atlantic basin is quiet.
ON THIS DATE IN 1975: SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America’s Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there. She was located in deep water on November 14, 1975, by a U.S. Navy aircraft detecting magnetic anomalies, and found soon afterwards to be in two large pieces.
ON THIS DATE IN 2002: Tornadoes in Alabama were responsible for twelve deaths. Some of the most significant damage was in Walker County; the Saragossa tornado, which killed eight, was on the ground for 73 miles, making it the fourth longest path length of any tornado in modern Alabama history at the time. The town of Carbon Hill was dealt a heavy blow. In June 2002, the town’s high school had burned to the ground. On this deadly night, an F3 tornado destroyed the town’s elementary school.
This was part of a regional tornado outbreak November 9-10, 2002… 76 tornadoes were reported in seventeen states. Of the 76 tornadoes, almost one out of every six was a killer, resulting in 36 fatalities.
Look for my next video briefing here by 6:00 a.m. Monday… enjoy the weekend!
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