Dry Weather Continues; A Warm Afternoon

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PLEASANT MORNING, WARM AFTERNOON: Many North Alabama communities are in the 50s this morning… Russellville, Scottsboro, and Black Creek are at 55, Haleyville 56, Cullman 57. The air is dry, and there is no rain on radar. We expect a good supply of sunshine today with a high between 86 and 89 degrees.

REST OF THE WEEK: Some moisture will try to creep in here from the Atlantic tomorrow, and we will mention a small risk of a shower; if any do form they are most likely east of I-65. Otherwise, tomorrow will be partly sunny with a high in the mid to upper 80s. Then, on Wednesday, a “back door” type front associated with the cold air damming effect will move into the state, and we could see a few scattered showers. Still, nothing widespread or heavy. With a mix of sun and clouds the high Wednesday will drop into the low to mid 80s.

Thursday and Friday look relatively dry. The chance of rain is not zero, but showers should be few and far between with highs in the 80s and a partly sunny sky both days.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: A cold front will approach the state Saturday, and will bring the risk of showers. This won’t be an “all day” type rain, and I doubt if we see much thunder. But, clearly a few passing showers are possible during the day, and potentially into Saturday night. One thing to watch is a potential tropical connection with Ingrid, the hurricane moving into Mexico this morning. The 00Z GFS advertises the heavy rain/tropical connection mainly over Southeast Texas and Louisiana, with much lighter rain amounts over Alabama, and we will go with that solution in the forecast for now.

Drier air moves into the northern half of Alabama Sunday, and the day looks mostly rain-free with lower humidity, along with a high in the low to mid 80s. The first part of next week looks dry as well with temperatures near average for late September in Alabama.

TROPICS: Hurricane Ingrid, with sustained winds of 75 mph, will make landfall on the Mexican coast this morning well south of Brownsville, Texas. Heavy rain is the main issue for Northeast Mexico, with potential for life threatening flooding. Elsewhere, the post-tropical storm, former Hurricane Humberto, could become a warm core tropical system again, but it is in the middle of the Atlantic, moving northeast, and no threat to land other than the Azores. The rest of the Atlantic basin is quiet.

AT THE BEACH: About 6 to 8 hours of sunshine each day along the coast this week from Panama City over to Gulf Shores. A few scattered showers and storms are possible on a daily basis, and the high will stay in the mid to upper 80s on the immediate coast. The sea water temperature this morning at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is 85 degrees.

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Category: Alabama's Weather