SUNNY, NICE MONDAY; WARM DAYS, COOL NIGHTS COMING UP… Full sunshine is expected across south Alabama and northwest Florida on this Monday. High temperatures will be in the low-80s regionwide. We have another beautiful weather week in store across the region with plenty of sunshine each day. The Gulf of Mexico remains quiet with no new tropical storms expected to form over the next 5-7 days.
TROPICAL STORM NADINE HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND… The area of disturbed weather we were tracking in the western Caribbean Sea became Tropical Storm Nadine over the weekend. Nadine made landfall near Belize City, Belize as a tropical storm on Saturday. The remnants of Nadine are expected to contribute to the development of a tropical storm south of Mexico in the eastern Pacific basin over the next day or two.
HURRICANE OSCAR MADE LANDFALL IN EASTERN CUBA… The other tropical disturbance we tracked last week from Africa to the northernmost Lesser Antilles ended up becoming a small hurricane over the weekend. Hurricane Oscar has a maximum diameter of approximately 160 miles, making the storm a small hurricane relative to the other hurricanes that have happened over the last several weeks. Oscar made landfall in far eastern Cuba last evening with maximum winds near 80 mph. Oscar will meander in that general area near the coast of Cuba and the southwestern Atlantic Ocean before moving northeast through The Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands by midweek. Oscar will probably never be a direct concern for Alabama or northwest Florida.
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See all the details in your Monday RedZone Weather forecast video. Have a great day!