8:20AM September 15, 2025

DRY, MAINLY SUNNY WEEK… A dry weather pattern across south Alabama and northwest Florida will cause ongoing abnormally dry conditions to get worse, leading to drought formation in many communities across the region.

High temperatures will be in the low 90s over the next few days.

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6:57AM September 15, 2025

MAINLY DRY, HOT TODAY; DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENING… Mostly sunny and hot conditions are expected as we kick off the work week on this Monday. High temperatures will be in the low 90s across the region. Nearly all of us will be dry today across south Alabama and northwest Florida. One or two showers and areas of sprinkles will be possible this evening. Any rain amounts should be rather light. Quite frankly, if you pick up some rain today, count yourself as blessed as most of us across the region won’t get any rain. We have a nice, sunny week on tap, but unfortunately, this means drought conditions across the region are poised to get worse.

DROUGHT UPDATE… The latest Drought Monitor update shows much of west Alabama in the abnormally dry and Level 1 (out of 4) drought conditions. The worst drought zone in Alabama is in parts of Marengo County near Linden where a Level 2 drought zone is in place. Unfortunately, very little to no rain in the forecast points to ongoing, worsening drought conditions across the region over the next few weeks. October is usually our driest month of the year, barring any intrusion from a tropical storm or hurricane. For now, thankfully, we have no tropical trouble on the horizon.

TROPICS: GULF & CARIBBEAN REMAIN QUIET… The Gulf and Caribbean Sea are expected to remain quiet over the next 5-7 days. Some of the longer range guidance has hinted at some tropical mischief in the western Caribbean Sea in 10-14 days, but model trends have been all over the board. Way too early to know if that will be a legitimate storm. For now, we’re grateful the climatological peak of the hurricane season has been remarkably quiet in the Gulf and Caribbean!

TROPICS: TROPICAL WAVE IN ATLANTIC… A tropical wave just southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean continues to move westward. This system has a 70% chance of becoming a named tropical storm in the days ahead as a northwesterly movement commences. Most of the model guidance shows a projected path recurving in the Atlantic Ocean with the system remaining well to the east of North America. This would be a “best case scenario” IF this pans out, but it is too early to say conclusively this will be what happens. I will have updates posted in the days ahead in the RedZone Weather app.

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See all the details in your Monday morning RedZone Weather forecast video. My next forecast video will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning. I will have updates posted throughout the day, as needed, in the RedZone Weather app.

Have a great Monday!

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