We are flying yellow flags in Orange Beach today – Monday, August 26th. Yellow Flags represent Medium Hazard with Moderate Surf and Currents. Please swim with caution. Morning view: City Beach Access at CoastAL. @spann #alwx pic.twitter.com/q7SLRqfqwq
— City of Orange Beach (@cityorangebeach) August 26, 2024
TROPICS REMAIN QUIET, FOR NOW… The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean remain quiet with no new tropical storms expected to develop over the next 5-7 days. It is always good to be prepared, especially in the next few weeks as we get into the climatological peak of hurricane season. A few tips are in the graphic attached.
INCREASINGLY HOTTER TEMPS OVER NEXT FEW DAYS… Rain chances will increase later this week when P.M. pop-up storms will become more numerous across the region. High temperatures will be in the upper-90s later this week. 🥵
MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY; HIGHER RAIN CHANCES LATER THIS WEEK INTO WEEKEND… Skies will be mostly sunny across south Alabama and northwest Florida on this Monday. High temperatures will be in the low- to mid-90s. Heat index values will be in excess of 100 degrees closer to the coast today. Unfortunately, we have even higher heat index values coming up in the latter half of the week. The good news is higher rain chances will also return to the forecast in the form of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the P.M. hours.
TROPICS REMAIN QUIET… The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean remain quiet with no new tropical storms expected to develop over the next 5-7 days.
A NOTE ABOUT HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOKS… We were tracking Hurricanes Laura and Marco by this point (August 26) in the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Ernesto, the fifth named storm of the 2024 season, is the most recent storm this year. The tropics over the next 5-7 days will likely remain quiet. While the second half of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season (September-November) may be more active overall, it seems more and more unlikely we will get to “2020 hyperactive territory.” This is great news as many of the preseason predictions were forecasting a hyperactive season. It’s hard to believe we are almost to the halfway point in hurricane season! While this may be a bit of good news in that we will probably avoid the hyperactive extremes of 2020, it’s so important to remember: It only takes ONE storm to make it a bad season for your location. We’ve got about two more months to go until activity will wind down for good.
HURRICANE HONE NEAR HAWAII… The center of Hurricane Hone passed about 50 miles south of the Big Island of Hawaii over the weekend. Tropical storm force winds happened across the southern half of the Big Island. Hone is now moving away from the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean and will not be a direct threat to Hawaii again. We’re also tracking Hurricane Gilma and Tropical Storm Hector in the Eastern Pacific Basin on this Monday. Both storms are well away from land areas. The remnants of Gilma may bring rain and storms to Hawaii in 4-5 days.
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See all the details in your Monday morning RedZone Weather forecast video. Have a great day!
