Rafael Continues to Weaken Steadily; Turning South by Sunday PM
Rafael weakens to a low end tropical storm, and is expected to make a sharp turn towards the south on Sunday with continued weakening likely.
Rafael weakens to a low end tropical storm, and is expected to make a sharp turn towards the south on Sunday with continued weakening likely.
Showers are currently moving through Jefferson County and approaching the downtown Birmingham area. Umbrellas will be needed very shortly down at Protective Life Stadium for the UAB game.
Rafael continues to look degraded, but maintains its 50mph tropical storm intensity as of the latest NHC advisory.
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Rafael continues weakening in the central Gulf, with a sharp south turn expected tomorrow.
Some showers will be possible at times this weekend and into the beginning of the workweek. Drier and cooler air moves in for the rest of the week. Rafael is slowly weakening in the Gulf and is no threat to the US.
Rafael rapidly weakens, but still a high end tropical storm.
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Rafael still spinning in the gulf, but direct impacts to the U.S. remain unlikely.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few showers on radar this afternoon across Southwest Alabama, otherwise there is a mix of sun and clouds across the state with temperatures mostly in the 70s. Some of the warmer spots are in the low 80s.
More clouds than sun and isolated showers continue to highlight our forecast today as it remains a dreary and misty day for many locations.
Here is the latest on Hurricane Rafael.
Several record daily high minimum temperatures records have been broken. These reports coming in from the NWS Huntsville and Birmingham offices. These are for November 7.