9:54AM October 29, 2025
Showers are clearing out of Okaloosa County to the east. Rain will move through Destin and be in Santa Rosa Beach shortly. pic.twitter.com/Rq5tbRD5Ok
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 29, 2025
Showers are clearing out of Okaloosa County to the east. Rain will move through Destin and be in Santa Rosa Beach shortly. pic.twitter.com/Rq5tbRD5Ok
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 29, 2025
@rzweather @NWSMobile @nwfltracking @jmorgan_wx @TylerSmith_wx I didn't get the worst of it on camera, but we just had an insane burst of wind here in Milton. It was probably gusting between 35-45 mph. pic.twitter.com/RYITDcLgVl
— Benjamin Mashburn (Lower AL WX) (@AlFlor1) October 29, 2025
You may hear some raindrops on the roof over the next few hours. Scattered showers are happening across inland areas of south Alabama.
Rain will clear out around midday to the east. pic.twitter.com/8nkGeOiQ1p
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 29, 2025
Scattered showers are moving into Clarke, Wilcox, and Washington counties in west Alabama late this evening. This broken band of showers will continue to gradually move eastward over the next few hours. pic.twitter.com/CotReDNMhG
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) October 29, 2025
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
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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🌪️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