10:31PM October 29, 2025
Overnight lows will be in the 40s in most communities across the region tonight. 30s tomorrow night! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/gXrel2zmWu
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 30, 2025
Overnight lows will be in the 40s in most communities across the region tonight. 30s tomorrow night! 🥶 pic.twitter.com/gXrel2zmWu
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 30, 2025
Using the last 46 years of IBTrACS data, there is an observable step change in storms intensifying 60 knots (~70 mph) in 24 hours. Using two 23-year periods: 1980-2002, 3 storms achieved this intensification feat; during 2003-2025, 18 storms (e.g. #Melissa) hit this threshold. https://t.co/47TCl8sOVN pic.twitter.com/Fj0DQNh5IS
— Kieran Bhatia (@BhatiaKieran) October 29, 2025
Hurricane Melissa continues to rapidly move northeast. Hurricane Warning is in effect for Bermuda.
Interestingly, if you look on the left part of this image, clouds are hanging tough at midday across all of Alabama and NW Florida.
Clouds may linger into the afternoon/evening. pic.twitter.com/A0NX1eTRLb
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 30, 2025
Pensacola Florida: 3810 Barrancas Ave reported commercial structure fire in a retail plaza. Car 512
— Car 412 (@HRickover) October 30, 2025
🌪️Survey Update: Our survey team found an EF-1 tornado with winds estimated at 86 mph to have occured near Elberta AL in Baldwin county. The path length was roughly 1 mile and about 50 yards wide. The full writeup can be found here: https://t.co/yzkz7WmkSW pic.twitter.com/wPsTXDN0A9
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) October 28, 2025
RAIN & WIND AT TIMES TODAY; COLDER AIR ARRIVES TONIGHT… Rain will be possible at times over the next couple of hours as a band of showers continues pushing east across the local area. Rain clears out this afternoon but windy conditions are expected to persist throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours. Sustained winds will be in the 10-20 mph range with gusts as high as 25 to 30 mph. Windy conditions should diminish somewhat tonight ahead of another breezy day tomorrow. High temperatures today will range from the low 60s further inland to the mid 70s near the coast. Highs tomorrow will only be in the low to mid 60s.
CLEARING SKIES ON THURSDAY… Clouds will probably hang tough tomorrow morning ahead of clearing skies later in the day. High temperatures on Thursday will be in the low to mid 60s across south Alabama and northwest Florida.
LOWS IN THE 30s TOMORROW NIGHT… Thursday night and Friday night will be the coldest mornings our local area has had in quite some time. Most locales further inland will dip into the upper 30s with low 40s as far south as I-10. Beach communities will likely be in the mid 40s tomorrow night.
NICE WEATHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY… Sunny skies are expected on Friday and Saturday with highs near the 70 degree mark. Friday evening will have temperatures in the 50s with clear skies.
HURRICANE MELISSA BATTERS JAMAICA; CUBA, THE BAHAMAS ENDURING IMPACTS TODAY… Hurricane Warnings continues for parts of eastern Cuba and the southeastern and central Bahamas as the core of Hurricane Melissa continues to push northeastward. A Tropical Storm Warning continues for Camaguey (Cuban province), the Turks & Caicos, and Haiti. Melissa will cause impacts in Bermuda tomorrow into tomorrow night. Rapid movement of Melissa toward the northeast will continue over the next few days across the Atlantic Ocean.
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5pm EDT Update: Hurricane Melissa remains a very dangerous major hurricane with sustained winds of 145mph that will bring damaging winds, catastrophic flooding, and landslides to many portions of the Caribbean over the next couple of days. Visit https://t.co/meemB5uHAR for the… pic.twitter.com/lCyGi0Y5rX
— National Weather Service (@NWS) October 28, 2025