More Record Warmth
We should set or tie the records today and tomorrow before the big change arrives Thursday night/Friday morning. Today and tomorrow, highs will be slightly cooler, but still in the mid-80s. We will begin to see a few more clouds in the Alabama sky these two days, with slowing increasing moisture levels.
COOLER WEATHER ON THE WAY: Late Thursday, a frontal boundary will allow showers and storms to develop to our northwest, but as these move into Alabama, they will be falling apart and dissipating. By the time the front reaches the River Region we are not expecting much in the way of rain, just some clouds, and then that ever important wind shift behind the front.
FALL FRIDAY: Big change to much cooler weather Friday behind the front. Expect full sunshine, and it will be a very breezy day with northwest winds of 10-20 mph. We should see upper 70s, but many locations across North/Central Alabama will stay in the 60s all day, add in that wind, and it will feel much cooler as well. The new air mass will set up a great weekend of weather. We do note, with the very dry conditions, breezy winds, and an even drier air mass moving into the state, red flag warnings may be issued as fire weather condition are likely to be even more critical on Friday.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For round one of the high school playoff games Friday night, the weather will be clear and chilly with temperatures falling into the 50s and perhaps upper 40s by the 4th quarter. You will need a jacket.
Auburn will host Vanderbilt Saturday (11a CT kickoff)… it will be a perfect day for football with a sunny sky… temperatures will climb from 65 at kickoff, to near 70 by the fourth quarter.
Alabama will be on the road; they play LSU Saturday night (7p CT kickoff)… the sky will be clear with temperatures falling through the 60s. A great night for football down on the bayou.
WONDERFUL WEEKEND WEATHER: Fantastic fall weather this weekend as the weather will be dry and very nice for the first weekend of November. Comfortable temps with those afternoon highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 40s, and no threat of rain both Saturday and Sunday.
FOR NEXT WEEK: The first half of the week looks dry with highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s. The long range models still show the next chance of widespread rain arrives sometime late next week and looking at the GFS it is an very encouraging forecast with a nice soaking rain system showing up…Still too early to completely count on this, but there is some hope. As I said yesterday, it does appear a weather pattern flip seems likely by mid-November, which will open the door for more frequent rain producing systems and much cooler weather heading south.
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Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Ryan
