Our main focus is on hurricane Irma, which is currently moving up the western Florida peninsula as a powerful category 2 storm. Sustained winds as of 4PM were at 110mph, with gusts to 140 mph near the center of circulation. Irma will directly impact our area, beginning tonight with the greatest impacts expected throughout Monday. Tonight, temperatures will still be…
–Irma Update– A tropical storm watch is in effect for our eastern counties until Tuesday afternoon. The onset of tropical storm force winds could occur as early as late Sunday night, and persist through Monday evening. Hurricane Irma is at Category 3 strength and appears to be strengthening as of 5PM Saturday. It is forecast to make landfall as a…
–Hurricane Irma Update– As of 7PM, hurricane Irma remains a powerful category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph and a central pressure of 924 MB, dropping slightly over the last couple of advisories. Irma is expected to continue West-Northwestward through the Florida Straights and re-strengthen to a category 5 storm before making landfall over the southern tip of…
Another mild night ahead with lower humidity as we continue the long labor day weekend. Similar low temperatures to what we saw early Sunday morning. Look for lows to range from the lower 60s north to upper 60s in south Alabama. No rain expected tonight under clear skies. Labor day is shaping up to be pretty nice. A few isolated…
Not too shabby for an early September day on Saturday. High temperatures were generally in the mid to upper 80s under a mostly clear sky. If you were outside at all today, you probably noticed the lower humidity. Fortunately, it looks like we get a couple more days of that across the area. Another refreshing night ahead, with low temperatures…
After a couple days dealing with the risk for severe weather, we are in store for a very nice labor day weekend. Through Friday afternoon, we will be dealing with some gusty conditions however, and a wind advisory is in effect until 6PM. Otherwise, looks pretty good finishing up the workweek. It will be partly cloudy with *maybe* an isolated…
Harvey Update: Unprecedented flooding event ongoing in the Houston metro area due to rainfall associated with Harvey. Close to 30″ of rain has fallen since the onset of rain from Harvey on Friday, with an another 2 feet of rainfall not out of the question through Wednesday. Catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue there through the middle of the week…
–Harvey Update– Tropical storm Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with max sustained winds of 130 mph at around 10PM last night near Rockport and Port Aransas. Sustained winds are now near 50mph, but the biggest anticipated impact from the beginning was the heavy rainfall potential. Harvey is near stationary this evening, and still bringing torrential rainfall to…
Another day of lower humidity on tap for central and south Alabama. A mostly sunny sky is expected through the day with high temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s. Tonight, expect a gradual increase in cloudcover but we will stay dry. It won’t be quite as cool overnight, with lows dropping to the upper 60s to low 70s….
We’re off to a dry start across central and south Alabama this morning. Temperatures are mild and there is a much less muggy feel to the air this morning. Drier air will continue to filter in today behind a summertime cool front that pushed through yesterday. Temperatures will still warm up today though, expect highs in the lower 90s under…
