8:00PM May 7, 2026
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAIN & STORMS TOMORROW & INTO THE WEEKEND… It has been a long time since rainfall projections for our area looked like what is in the attached map, but these numbers are the latest projections. These numbers represent the “cumulative total” of rain projected over the next 5 days for each given community. Inland areas will likely pick up 3-5″ of total rain tomorrow through Monday with 1-3″ of rain closer to the Alabama and northwest Florida beaches. This is going to really help put a dent in our drought-stricken area!
WHAT TO EXPECT – FRIDAY… Multiple rounds of rain and thunderstorms seem likely closer to the coast, particularly from 10AM to 6PM tomorrow. Rain and storms will be possible further inland as well, but probably more scattered in nature. The Storm Prediction Center has a low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk driven by a chance of gusty winds south of I-10 tomorrow. I expect most communities will simply have heavy rain at times along with loud thunder. The overall tornado risk remains quite low tomorrow – even lower than what we had earlier today.
RAIN & STORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY… Inland areas (north of US84) will probably pick up the bulk of the rain on Saturday with multiple waves of storms being possible. The entire local area is involved in a low-end severe weather risk zone on Saturday. This is in place to account for the possibility of gusty winds in the strongest of the storms. Just like Friday, most communities will simply have rain and thunder at times on Saturday.
Sunday is also expected to be quite wet with multiple waves of rain and storms across the region. We begin to dry out on Monday afternoon ahead of drier weather on Tuesday into Wednesday of the upcoming week.
APP ALERTS… redzoneweather.com/app is the link where you can download the free RedZone Weather app. We post brief updates throughout each day in the app, keeping you up-to-date about the latest happenings in weather across south Alabama and northwest Florida. Once you have the free app downloaded to your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab (lower right corner) then tap the large Alert Settings button to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.
I will have another forecast video posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning.
Have a nice Thursday evening!
