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Remember this song from Wet Willie?
“One Friday evenin’
What a feelin’, feel like singin’
Tired of workin’, my mind is buzzin’
Feel like dancin’ yes I do
But you gotta make the best of life while you’re young
Good people, weekend
Do just what you wanna do, weekend
When those workin’ days are through
Weekend, weekend, weekend
Weekend, weekend
You know it’s time to get away, weekend
I wanna hear ev’rybody say
Weekend, weekend, weekend”
Ah… the summer of 1979 was when that song was a hit. I loved the summer of 79…
OUR WEEKEND: Sunny warm days, clear cool nights. You know the story; highs between 80 and 84, lows in the 50s tomorrow morning, with low 60s at daybreak Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS is not as robust on the mid-week upper trough, and keeps the coldest air a little north of here. But, it is very cold around the Great lakes; looks like they could be headed for the 20s with some snow by Wednesday and Thursday. Before we make any dramatic changes in our forecast, lets get a few more runs under our best. We will stick with 70s and 40s on Thursday and Friday for now. One way or another, no significant rain next week as the long dry spell continues.
VOODOO COUNTRY: I posted a race weekend video below for NASCAR fans…. I used the 00Z GFS for that forecast. Naturally, the 12Z GFS is in and it now looks wet on Sunday October 5. All voodoo for now, but our next rain event should be somewhere in the October 5-7 time frame. Hopefully it will come after race weekend is complete at Talladega.
TROPICS: Kyle is headed north, and is forecast to become a minimal hurricane this weekend, passing just east of Cape Cod and very close to the coast of Maine Sunday and Sunday night. No impact on our weather here in Alabama.
And, the big coastal storm to the east is now drifting west over northern South Carolina; it will weaken as it lifts north and won’t have an impact here, other than giving East Alabama a few periods of high clouds tonight.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: Looks ideal for high school games tonight with generally clear conditions and comfortable temperatures. For most of the high school stadiums, the kick off is around 7:30 when it should be about 75 degrees and dropping to about 65 in the fourth quarter. Tennessee travels to Auburn Saturday afternoon for a 2:30 game on CBS. Look for mostly sunny weather with 78 to 80 at kick off and 70s in the fourth quarter. Alabama plays Georgia in an evening game Saturday (6:45 p.m. on ESPN). The game is in Athens. There is a small chance of a shower with near 78 at kick off and about 68 at the end of the game. UAB will play South Carolina in Columbia showing on ESPN-360 with a 6:00 p.m. kick off. About 76 degrees at kick off and in the 60s in the fourth quarter with very little chance of a shower.
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