MORE RAIN & STORMS TODAY; FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES; DRIER DAYS AHEAD… Today will be the last day of organized, heavy rain for awhile as we return to scattered thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday. A Flash Flood Watch continues for much of our local area, now extended into the evening hours. We have had many flash flood warnings over the last few days and more may be required today as an additional 1-2″ of rain falls on already saturated soil. If you encounter a water-covered roadway, please “turn around, don’t drown.” Fortunately, tornadoes and widespread damaging winds are not expected today. Some of the thunderstorms may be loud at times today, however. There is a low-end risk of a few stronger storms across central Alabama today. That risk is in place due to a few tornadoes and gusty winds that may happen in the stronger storms there. I will have radar updates posted in the RedZone Weather app as needed today. A few more Wednesday morning forecast notes are below.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT… The Flash Flood Watch that was previously set to expire this morning has been extended into this evening. Several local counties continue to be involved in a Flash Flood Watch now valid through 7PM this evening. The Flash Flood Watch continues for all parts of the following counties: Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Butler, Conecuh, Wilcox, Crenshaw, Covington, Escambia (AL), Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa, and Escambia (FL).
SCATTERED SHOWERS & STORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY… Rain chances will be lower, but NOT at zero, for both Thursday and Friday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be more likely to develop in the afternoon and evening hours each day. Thursday should have more in the way of storms compared to Friday. I expect most of the Friday night football games to be dry at our local high schools.
DRY, NICE WEEKEND UPCOMING… We finally get a break from the rain this weekend when mostly sunny skies are expected across south Alabama and northwest Florida. High temperatures will be in the mid-80s this weekend with morning lows expected to be in the mid-60s.
10% CHANCE OF NEW TROPICAL STORM FORMING IN ATLANTIC… We continue to monitor an area of low pressure located in the western Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida, that continues to have a very low-end (10%) chance of becoming a tropical storm in the next day or so as the system moves north toward the North Carolina coast. From NHC: “A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is located east of a surface trough that extends from the central and southeastern Bahamas northward over the adjacent southwestern Atlantic waters. Upper-level winds are not expected to be favorable for significant tropical development of this system while it moves slowly northwestward over the next several days. By this weekend, the system is forecast to interact with a front near the coast of the southeastern United States.”
GULF & CARIBBEAN REMAIN QUIET… Outside of the area of disturbed weather, discussed above, the remainder of the Atlantic Basin is quiet with no new tropical storms expected to develop over the next several days. This means the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are quiet. Good news!
APP… If you haven’t already, be sure to download the free RedZone Weather app to keep up with all the latest information on the world of weather in south Alabama and northwest Florida. redzoneweather.com/app is the link for the free download. Once you have the app downloaded to your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab (lower right corner) and tap the large, yellow Alert Settings button to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.
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