James Spann: Alabama nights turn cooler later this week; dry pattern still in place
SHOWERS REMAIN SCARCE: You could count the number of showers across Alabama yesterday on one hand, and they will remain very hard to find through the rest of the week. Afternoons will stay warm with highs in the 80s, but nights will be cooler later in the week … morning lows will drop into the 50s over the northern counties by Friday morning.
Not much change for the weekend … most of the state will be dry with highs in the 80s. However, we will mention some risk of a shower Saturday near the coast, and then over the southern quarter of the state Sunday as moisture begins to creep northward. Nothing heavy or widespread.
NEXT WEEK: Global models are showing some risk of showers across Alabama early next week Monday and Tuesday ahead of an upper trough, but rain amounts will mostly likely be light. Drier air follows over the latter half of the week; highs hold in the 80s.
TROPICS: This morning Tropical Storm Imelda, with winds of 70 mph, is about 755 miles west/southwest of Bermuda. It is moving to the northeast at 7 mph, and is expected to become a hurricane later today. The NHC forecast track puts it near Bermuda tomorrow night before moving out into the North Atlantic as a post-tropical cyclone.
Hurricane Humberto, with winds of 100 mph, is about 275 miles west of Bermuda. It is moving north/northwest at 17 mph and will become post-tropical tomorrow over the North Atlantic.
The rest of the Atlantic basin is very calm, and no tropical storms or hurricanes are expected across the Gulf for at least the next 7-10 days.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: UAB hosts Army Saturday at Protective Stadium (11 a.m. kickoff) … the sky will be mostly sunny with temperatures rising into the mid 80s.
Alabama hosts Vanderbilt Saturday in Tuscaloosa (2:30 p.m. kickoff). The sky will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid 80s at kickoff, falling to near 80 by the final whistle.
Troy will host South Alabama Saturday evening (6 p.m. kickoff) … just a small risk of a shower, otherwise mostly fair with temperatures falling from the low 80s at kickoff into the 70s during the second half of the game.
ON THIS DATE IN 2022: Hurricane Ian made its final landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina with sustained winds of 80 mph. Two days earlier Ian came ashore near Cayo Costa, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, tying the record for the fifth-strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States.
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