SHOWERS AT TIMES TODAY, MAINLY ACROSS WEST ALABAMA… Isolated showers will be possible today, mainly across west Alabama. MOST of us across the region will remain dry despite the significant need for rain.
High temperatures will be in the mid-80s.
Have a nice Friday!
A band of rain showers may impact portions of southeast MS & interior southwest AL late this evening before gradually diminishing overnight. Overnight lows look on track to range in the 60s over most areas except around 70° near the coast. #mobwx pic.twitter.com/LPSsA8CgcM
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) November 1, 2024
DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM COULD MOVE TOWARD SOUTHERN GULF NEXT WEEK; LOCAL IMPACTS TBD… We will need to monitor an area of disturbed weather in the southern Caribbean Sea over the next several days as the system moves northward. Earlier model guidance indicated the system may take more of an easterly track toward Hispaniola or Puerto Rico, but guidance today (as it often the case early on the process) has shifted to the west. This means that the odds of this system ultimately moving into the southern Gulf of Mexico have increased. While no one, and I truly mean NO ONE, can tell you if this system will develop into a named tropical storm or where it will end up, interests in Jamaica, Cuba, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Gulf of Mexico region should closely monitor the progress of this developing system over the next few days.
NOVEMBER HURRICANES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO DO HAPPEN… Despite the Gulf of Mexico having a high number of landfalling systems this year, we still have one more month, officially, of hurricane season. The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season will officially end on Saturday, November 30. It would be highly uncommon for us to have hurricane issues in the month of November, but it isn’t completely unprecedented. Tropical Storm Eta affected Florida in November of 2020. Tropical Storm Ida impacted Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and northwest Florida in November 2009. Hurricane Kate made landfall in the Florida Panhandle, causing extensive damage near Port St. Joe, in late November 1985. Are hurricane issues uncommon in November? Yes. Unprecedented, no. This is why we need to monitor this developing system.
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I will have a detailed update on the tropics in the next regularly scheduled RedZone Weather forecast video that will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning. Be sure to join me then for the latest information. Have a good night and Happy Halloween!
Pleasantly surprised at just how many scattered showers have developed this evening across parts of west Alabama! Good, beneficial downpours.
Not everyone will have rain before the end of the day, but several spots in west Alabama will. Good news! ⛈️ pic.twitter.com/N1rs1ng2fX
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 31, 2024
Spotty showers continue in parts of Baldwin, Mobile, and Escambia (FL) counties this afternoon. Heavier rain associated with a batch of thunderstorms continues to push eastward in parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana as of midday. pic.twitter.com/bgMnhLUiQG
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 31, 2024
