LOWER HUMIDITY & LOWER RAIN CHANCES TODAY; FEW P.M. POP-UP STORMS THIS WEEKEND… Today will be the driest overall day of the next 7 days with ample sunshine and lower humidity expected across south Alabama and northwest Florida. An easterly flow continues to usher drier air into the region, making humidity levels much lower. Rain chances are near zero today. High temperatures will range from the upper 80s to the low 90s. A few pop-up showers and thunderstorms will return this weekend, but rain coverage will remain limited. Scattered storms will increase in coverage as we get into next week.
PARTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY; LOW-END RAIN CHANCES… Friday will be partly cloudy, hot, and overwhelmingly dry. High temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s, with the hottest temperatures happening across inland communities. Rain chances will remain near zero during the daytime hours before a very small chance of rain returns in a few spots Friday night.
LOWER HUMIDITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES FRIDAY EVENING… Lower humidity will make conditions somewhat more comfortable for high school football games across the region Friday evening. It will still be warm, but most game locations should remain dry with only a very small chance of a passing shower. Temperatures around 7PM will be in the low 80s in most locales, falling into the upper 70s by 9PM.
ISOLATED P.M. STORMS THIS WEEKEND; MOST COMMUNITIES TO REMAIN DRY… Isolated, pop-up showers and thunderstorms will become possible Saturday afternoon, followed by somewhat greater storm coverage Sunday. Most communities will remain dry, especially Saturday, and neither day looks like an all-day washout. Hot temperatures will continue, with highs generally in the low to mid 90s on Saturday and Sunday.
SCATTERED P.M. STORMS NEXT WEEK… Scattered, pop-up showers and thunderstorms will be possible Monday through Wednesday as an upper-level low stalls in the general vicinity of the north-central Gulf. There remains some uncertainty about exactly where this feature will settle, but rain chances will generally be in the 30-50% range each day next week. This will not necessarily mean constant rain, but more communities will have pop-up storms compared to what happens this weekend. High temperatures will trend slightly lower, generally ranging from the upper 80s to low 90s.
BEACHES: RIP CURRENT ALERT… A Rip Current Warning remains in effect for the Alabama and northwest Florida beaches through 7PM today due to a High Risk of dangerous rip currents. Elevated surf will also continue along area beaches. Please be aware of this if you’re headed to the beach today or tomorrow.
TROPICS: LOW CHANCE OF TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-CENTRAL ATLANTIC… The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a trough of low pressure located several hundred miles east of Bermuda. Showers and thunderstorms associated with this disturbance remain disorganized, but conditions could become somewhat more favorable for development during the next few days as the system moves slowly westward to west-northwestward. NHC indicates a 10% chance of development during the next 48 hours and a low, 30% chance over the next 7 days. Development probabilities have decreased somewhat over the last day or so.
TROPICS: GULF & CARIBBEAN QUIET… The National Hurricane Center is not highlighting any tropical disturbances in the Gulf or Caribbean Sea at this point. The climatological peak of hurricane season happened last week. The 2026 hurricane season will officially end on November 30.
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Have a wonderful Thursday!
