A VERY NICE WEEKEND BUT GETTING WARM
The trough that brought the rain on Wednesday and cooler weather to end off this past work week will be pushing well off of the east coast and a ridge will be pushing into the southeast from the west. Ridging usually means nice weather and that is what we will get for your Saturday. Mainly clear skies with afternoon highs topping out in the lower to mid-80s across the area.
A front will begin approaching the area from the northwest that will bring showers close-by, but not close enough to spoil our great weather on Sunday. We may have a few more clouds but skies are expected to stay mostly sunny. Highs will be warmer, reaching the mid to upper 80s across the area.
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU
On Monday, the front will stall out over the Tennessee Valley which may bring a shower or two over the northern half of Central Alabama, but this looks to be a moisture-starved system, so we are not expected much at all. We’ll have a mix of sun and clouds with highs reaching the mid-80s to the lower 90s.
SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY
The front will finally get the push it needs to move through the area starting late on Tuesday night and showers will be possible during the late-night and overnight hours. Before that, skies will be mostly sunny to start, but those clouds will begin to move in during the late afternoon hours. Highs will be in the lower 80s to the lower 90s.
The front will work its way through Central Alabama during the morning hours on Wednesday which will keep showers and maybe a clap of thunder or two in the forecast through the afternoon hours. Any shower activity will be exiting the area by the evening hours. Highs will be in the mid-70s to the lower 80s across the area.
VERY NICE WEATHER FOR THURSDAY
Much cooler and drier air can be expected on Thursday as we’ll have plenty of sunshine. Afternoon highs will top out in the lower 70s to the lower 80s across Central Alabama
SHOWERS & STORMS RETURN TO END THE WORK WEEK
The GFS is painting a system moving through on Friday that will bring us showers and thunderstorms for much of the day. We’ll have some instability over the southern half of the area, but at this point, it is just too early to see if strong or severe storms are possible. The European is on board with a system moving through at roughly the same timeframe on Friday with no instability at all. Highs will be in the mid-70s to the lower 80s.
ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON IS JUST ONE MONTH AWAY
That’s right, the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season starts on June 1st and will go through November 30th. According to the experts at Colorado State University, 2020 may go down as a busy year. They are forecasting 16 named storms, including eight hurricanes. For of those hurricanes will become major hurricanes reaching Category 3 strength or greater. There is a 95% chance that a hurricane will move onshore along the US Coastline and a 69% chance that a major hurricane will make landfall on the US Coastline.
Here are the names on the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane list:
Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, Edouard, Fay, Gonzalo, Hanna, Isaias, Josephine, Kyle, Laura, Marco, Nana, Omar, Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy, Vicky, and Wilfred.
If we happen to exceed the 21 names on the list, then names will be taken in order of the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, and Omega.
ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1929 – Virginia’s worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes, two of which were west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people. Twelve children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott County. Four schools were destroyed by the storms.
1990 – Fourteen cities in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 90s. Tampa FL reported a record high of 97 degrees, and Fort Stewart GA was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 100 degrees.
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