Finally Cooler Weather, Future Forecaster Kayleigh Mixon
FANTASTIC FRIDAY: The front is pushing through the state and behind it, much cooler air flows into the state through the day. Today will feature plenty of sunshine, cooler temperatures, and breezy conditions. Temps will be in the mid 70s, with a fresh north breeze of 10-25 mph, which will make it feel cooler too.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: For high school games tonight, it now looks like the sky will be mostly clear, and temperatures will be cool, falling through the 60s into the 50s. You will need a jacket this week.
METEORS FROM HALLEY’S COMET: Earth has entered a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak during the night of Oct. 20-21 with as many as 10-20 meteors per hour. Glare from tonight’s gibbous Moon will mute the display, but not completely eliminate it as NASA cameras are observing some Orionid fireballs bright enough to be seen in the moonlight.
FINE FALL WEEKEND: Temperatures will drop well down in the 40s early Saturday and Sunday morning, while colder pockets will visit the 30s. The high Saturday will be in the lower 70, followed by upper 70s Sunday afternoon. Doesn’t get much better than that in Alabama!
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Alabama will host Texas A&M Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium (2:30p CT kickoff)… the sky will be sunny; 68 degrees at kickoff, falling into the upper 50s by the final whistle.
Auburn hosts Arkansas at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday evening (5:00p CT kickoff)… the sky will be clear with temperatures falling from near 67 degrees at kickoff, into the upper 50s by the end of the game.
RACE WEEKEND AT TALLADEGA: Tomorrow will be breezy and much cooler with a sunny sky, and a high in the mid to upper 60s. Expect a bright sunny sky Saturday and Sunday with fantastic temperatures; the high Saturday will be close to 68, followed by a high of 75 Sunday. Temperatures will drop to near 40 degrees early Saturday morning at the Superspeedway.
NEXT WEEK: A ridge will build back in and the weather next week should be mainly sunny and dry, with slowly moderating temperatures. The 70s from the weekend, will be replaced with 80s, while lows climb back into the 50s. Even though it will remain very nice, still no major rain events, and that means the drought conditions will only get worse the next week.
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Have a Fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend!
Ryan
