QUITE HOT TODAY; HEAT RELIEF BY THURSDAY… Sunshine and hot temperatures are your weather headlines on this Tuesday. High temperatures will peak in the upper-90s in most spots across south Alabama and northwest Florida. Other than a few passing cumulus clouds, rain chances remain quite low today. There may be a storm or two offshore, but I’m not expecting any rain for inland areas. We’ve got another hot day in store for Wednesday before temperatures cool off by potentially as much as 10 degrees in the afternoon hours on Thursday and on Friday! The tropics remain active, but no tropical issues are expected for Alabama or northwest Florida in the next 7 days. Let’s look at your details…

HOT WEDNESDAY; COLD FRONT MOVES BY EARLY THURSDAY… Temperatures today and on Wednesday will be well above our climatological norms for this time of year. High temperatures will be in the upper-90s with some spots potentially hitting the 100 degree mark by 3PM. The good news is a cold front will slide by early Thursday morning, paving the way for high temperatures to be in the upper-80s on Thursday and Friday. Overnight lows on Friday and Saturday mornings will be in the mid-60s. Some spots north of US84 may be around 63-64° by Saturday morning! It’s a sign of the times as the fall season approaches.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: CLEAR & QUITE NICE… This will, no doubt, be the nicest Friday night we’ve had so far during this high school football season. Kickoff temperatures will be around 81-82° in most spots. By 9:30PM, most locales will be around 71-73°. Low humidity means it’s going to feel absolutely fantastic for the games this week. No rain issues! Clear skies are expected.

LOWER HUMIDITY INTO THE WEEKEND… While temperatures will creep upward into the low-90s on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons, humidity levels will remain reasonable as a light wind out of the northeast keeps the muggy air offshore. Some models are hinting that we could have overnight lows on Sunday morning in the low-60s (!!).

HURRICANE HUMBERTO THREATENS BERMUDA… Hurricane Humberto continues to become more organized over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane is located about 600 miles west of Bermuda. Maximum sustained winds have increased to 85 mph. Further strengthening is expected. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for Bermuda as the large wind field of Hurricane Humberto will likely graze the island commonwealth to the north. Direct U.S. impacts from Humberto are not expected.

DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO TEXAS… The weak and unorganized tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that has been producing cloudiness and storms in the last 2 days will move into Texas today. The system has a somewhat low (30%) chance of becoming a tropical storm, per the latest guidance from the National Hurricane Center. This will be a rainmaker for Texas, but not much else. No direct local impacts from this system are expected in south Alabama or northwest Florida.

90% CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT IN ATLANTIC… A tropical storm is likely to form in the next day or so east of the Lesser Antilles. We note that most of the major global weather models show this system recurving into the open Atlantic and not affecting land areas. That idea has been pretty consistent in the model trends, but this is a system to watch nonetheless. From NHC: “Showers and thunderstorms have increased this morning in association with a small low pressure system located over the central tropical Atlantic. Satellite data also indicate that the low has become better defined, and environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for the formation of a tropical depression during the next couple of days while the system moves slowly northwestward to west-northwestward.”

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