Cool September Morning

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REFRESHINGLY COOL: After the long hot summer, this weather sure feels good. Most Alabama communities are in the 55-59 degree range this morning following our coolest September 6th on record.

SUN OR CLOUDS? Always a tough forecast with the slow passage of a deep upper trough. This will be a day where places like Tuscaloosa, Centreville, Demopolis, Eutaw, and Greensboro will enjoy a good supply of sunshine, but over Northeast Alabama cities like Gadsden, Fort Payne, Centre, Heflin, and Anniston could be socked in with low clouds all day. This, of course, means a wide temperature spread, but still all cities will see values well below the average high of 88 degrees. Look for highs in the 70s over West Alabama where the sun is out, but some East Alabama cities will struggle to reach the mid 60s. There also could be a little drizzle in spots under those clouds.

REST OF THE WEEK: Look for a good supply of sunshine tomorrow and Friday with a slow warming trend; we reach the upper 70s tomorrow, and low 80s Friday. Humidity values will be low, and the weather looks almost perfect for high school football games.

OUR WEEKEND: At this point we will leave it dry Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the low to mid 80s. We might see a shower up around the Tennessee border, but down this way the chance is so low we won’t mention it in the forecast.

EYES ON THE TROPICS: You almost need a scorecard to keep up with all of the players on the field. Let’s take them one at a time…

SOUTHWEST GULF: This disturbance could become a tropical depression or storm in coming days, and now most models keep this basically in the same spot over the next 3 to 5 days over the Bay of Campeche with only slow intensification. From there, it could drift west into Mexico, or be pulled northeast toward the Central Gulf Coast. Watch the Weather Xtreme video and you will see the ECMWF continues the idea of the system being pulled up toward Mobile Bay, but the 00Z run is much slower, with landfall around Thursday of next week. This solution is certainly possible, and everybody along the coast will need to keep an eye on developments here. Another round of wind and rain is not out of the question for Alabama.

KATIA: This is a hurricane with sustained winds of 90 mph in the Atlantic that will recurve between the East Coast of the U.S. and Bermuda. No threat to land.

TD 14: The 14th tropical depression of the season is expected to become Tropical Storm Maria in coming days; this should be north of Puerto Rico over the weekend. The GFS continues the idea of recurving this one off the East Coast, much like Katia, and with a persistent eastern U.S. upper trough that sure sounds likely. But, of course, it is not totally set at this point.

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Category: Alabama's Weather