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NICE TODAY; MAINLY DRY TOMORROW; ISOLATED STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY… Isolated strong thunderstorms may become possible on Sunday as a cold front approaches from the west. Before we get there, a nice Friday is expected across south Alabama and northwest Florida with afternoon highs likely to be in the 70s. The daytime hours of Saturday will likely be mostly dry with rain chances increasing tomorrow night. A low-end risk of a few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will likely set up on Sunday. Mild temperatures will continue into next week after the rain ends on Sunday.

MAINLY SUNNY TODAY; INCREASING CLOUDINESS TOMORROW… If you have outdoor plans today or in the daytime hours of Saturday, I would strongly suggest proceeding as mainly dry conditions are expected. A few widely scattered showers may become possible tomorrow after sunset. Rain chances will remain fairly low until after midnight early Sunday morning. High temperatures today and tomorrow will be in the 70s.

RAIN & STORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY; LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK… Widespread, beneficial rain is expected Sunday across the local area, mostly in the morning hours. 1 to 2 inches of total rainfall will likely be the norm across the region. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday with gusty winds being the primary hazard concern. A tornado or two can’t completely be ruled out. We encourage everyone to have multiple ways to hear warnings on Saturday night before you go to sleep, just in case storms get an early start Sunday morning. Storms will move across the region and will likely clear to our east by 2PM.

SEVERE WEATHER TIMING – SUNDAY… 4AM to 2PM Sunday is the main window for any strong to severe storms to develop. I suspect the overall risk of severe weather may gradually increase as the line of storms pushes across our region, even as the overall risk remains rather low. This is because storms will be entering west Alabama very early in the morning hours (4AM to 8AM) when instability values are much lower. When storms are exiting our region to the east, instability values may be a touch higher. That means, even though the entire region is involved in the lowest risk zone (Level 1 out of 5), the risk may be just a bit higher across our eastern counties (Covington, Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa, Butler) and into southeast Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

MILD TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEK… Despite the fact that the rain and storms happening this weekend are associated with an advancing cold front, we won’t have much of a cool down next week at all. Temperatures will continue to be in the 70s for afternoon highs tomorrow (Friday), through the weekend, and into the upcoming week. Some spots will likely make a run at the 80 degree mark by Thursday of the upcoming week. I see no credible, consistent signs of any significant cold air intrusions into the Deep South anytime in the foreseeable future.

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See all the details in your Friday morning RedZone Weather forecast video. My next regularly forecast video will be posted by 7:15AM Monday morning. If we happen to have any tornado warnings Sunday morning, we will “go live” across our platforms to bring you the latest information. I will have updates posted throughout the weekend, as needed, in the RedZone Weather app.

Have a great weekend!

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