RAIN & STORMS LIKELY WED. NIGHT INTO THURSDAY; A FEW BRIEF SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE… Thunderstorms are likely to develop and move across south Alabama and northwest Florida Wednesday night into Thursday morning ahead of an advancing cold front. Our local area is involved in a low-end severe weather risk zone, meaning widespread severe storms are not expected, but one or two brief strong to severe storms will be possible. The overall risk of tornadoes is quite low, but not entirely zero. I suspect the more pronounced hazard with this event may be the potential for damaging wind gusts, specifically earlier in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday when storms are entering our region. This will, unfortunately, be an overnight deal for much of the region, thus you have to have a way to hear warnings before you go to sleep tomorrow night.
SEVERE WEATHER TIMING – WED. NIGHT INTO THURSDAY… The daytime hours of Wednesday will be mostly dry with only a few spotty showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two around. Organized thunderstorms will likely arrive in our local area after midnight TOMORROW night. 2AM to 9AM will be the main seven hour window for strong to severe storms across southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. There is a fairly high chance storms will be weakening, overall, while moving from west to east across our local area.
CLEARING SKIES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON… Rain and storms clear out by the early afternoon hours on Thursday, paving the way for clearing skies late in the day. Cool, dry air will be filtering in behind the advancing cold front. Afternoon highs on Thursday will only be in the mid 60s in most spots across the region. Overnight lows Thursday night into Friday morning will be in the 40s in many communities.
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND… Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be picture perfect in the weather department across south Alabama and northwest Florida. High temperatures will be in the low 70s on Friday, in the upper 70s on Saturday, and near 80 degrees by Sunday. Mostly sunny skies are likely throughout the weekend.
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I will have a full forecast rundown posted in the next regularly scheduled RedZone Weather forecast video that will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning.
Have a great Tuesday evening!
