Showers Few And Far Between Today
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DRIER TODAY: The air aloft is expected to be a bit warmer over Alabama today, meaning the air is a little more stable, and showers this afternoon should be more widely spaced. Heat levels will tick up a bit as well, with most places seeing a high in the low 90s today. Still, not really bad for early August in Alabama.
TOMORROW AND FRIDAY: The chance of showers and storms will be noticeably higher on these two days as an upper trough carves out over the eastern third of the nation, and a surface front approaches from the north. This is summer, of course, and rain distribution won’t be even, but most communities stand a good chance of seeing some decent rain here. The high tomorrow will be close to 90, but there is a good chance we won’t get out of the 80s Friday thanks to the clouds and showers.
REFRESHING WEEKEND: An anomalously strong upper trough over the eastern part of the nation will push a cold front all the way down to the Gulf Coast late Friday night, and will set up a very comfortable weekend here in Alabama. Highs drop into the mid to upper 80s, humidity values will be lower, and nights cooler. We project a low early Sunday in the 61 to 66 degree range, but it sure looks like the cooler valleys across Northeast Alabama have a great chance of reaching the upper 50s at daybreak Sunday, a very nice preview of fall.
NEXT WEEK: Monday still looks generally dry, but scattered showers and storms will return by Tuesday and Wednesday as moisture levels rise.
GULF COAST WEATHER: Still looking at about 5-7 hours of sun each day on the Gulf Coast from Panama City west to Gulf Shores, with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the 87 to 90 degree range; the sea water temperature at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab early this morning is 86 degrees.
TROPICS: Ernesto made landfall last night as a category one hurricane on the Yucatan coast… it will continue to move west, emerging over the Bay of Campeche tonight, and then make the final landfall on the Mexican Gulf Coast Friday. Elsewhere, a tropical wave over the Central Atlantic has a 30 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours (according to NHC), but development will be slow due to all of the dry air across the Atlantic basin. Nothing threatening the Gulf of Mexico anytime soon.
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