ONE MORE DRY DAY: Temperatures will warm into the 70s again today with a partly to mostly sunny sky, but clouds will increase across Alabama in advance of a cold front. That front will bring occasional showers to the state tomorrow, and possibly a thunderstorm in spots. No risk of severe storms, and rain amounts will be generally around a quarter of an inch for most communities. The rain will end tomorrow night as the front pushes southward.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Friday will feature a good supply of sunshine for most of Alabama… any showers will be confined to the Gulf Coast. The day will be cooler with a high in the low to mid 60s. Then, colder air arrives for the weekend as highs drop into the 50s Saturday and Sunday. Morning lows will be well down in the 30s, and many places will see a freeze early Sunday morning with lows between 27 and 34 degrees. Dry air means sunny days and clear nights.
NEXT WEEK: The week looks generally dry with cool days and chilly nights; a few showers could show by Friday (November 19) as a cold front approaches, but amounts look to be light. Highs will be mostly in the 60s, with lows in the 30s and 40s. Still no sign of any severe weather issues through the next ten days… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: Showers and thunderstorms have decreased near the center of a hurricane-force non-tropical low pressure system located a little over 500 miles east-northeast of Bermuda. While a large area of shower activity associated with a frontal boundary persists to the northeast of the low’s center, the system has not yet acquired sufficient characteristics to be classified as a subtropical cyclone. However, some additional development is still possible during the next day or two while upper-level winds become a little more favorable, and a subtropical storm could form during this time. Thereafter, the system is forecast to move over colder water and be absorbed by a larger non-tropical low.
Most of the Atlantic basin remains very quiet.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For the high school playoff games Friday night, the sky will be clear with temperatures mostly in the 40s.
For the college games Saturday…
NEW MEXICO STATE AT ALABAMA (11:00a CT kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium): Expect a sunny sky with temperatures rising from near 49 at kickoff, into the mid 50s by the second half.
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT AUBURN (11:00a CT kickoff at Jordan-hare Stadium): With a sunny sky, temperatures will rise from 50 degrees at kickoff, to near 56 by the final whistle.
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AT WEST ALABAMA (1:00p CT kickoff at Tiger Stadium): The sky will be sunny with temperatures in the 50s during the game.
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN AT MILLSAPS COLLEGE (1:00p CT kickoff at Jackson, MS): A sunny day for the game with temperatures in the 50s.
SOUTH ALABAMA AT APPALACHIAN STATE (1:30p CT kickoff at Boone, NC): Cold and dry weather. Despite a sunny sky, temperatures will be only in the low to mid 40s.
KENNESAW STATE AT NORTH ALABAMA (2:00p CT kickoff at Tom Braly Stadium): With a clear sky temperatures will drop from near 52 at kickoff into the 40s by the fourth quarter.
UAB AT MARSHALL (2:30p CT kickoff at Huntington, WV): The weather will be dry and cold… a clear sky with temperatures in the 40s.
LOUISIANA AT TROY (2:30p CT kickoff at Veterans Memorial Stadium): The day will be cool and dry; with a clear sky temperatures will fall from 58 degrees at kickoff to near 50 by the fourth quarter.
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT LAMAR (4:00p CT kickoff at Beaumont, TX): The sky will be clear with temperatures falling from near 65 at kickoff into the 50s by the second half.
ON THIS DATE IN 1975: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, at the northeastern tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior. While the sinking cause is unknown, strong winds and high waves likely played a significant role. The crew of 29 members was lost from this event.
ON THIS DATE IN 2002: The second-largest November tornado outbreak on record over the eastern United States occurred during the Veterans Day weekend of November 9-11th, 2002. Seventy-six tornadoes were reported in seventeen states. Of the 76 tornadoes, almost one out of every six was a killer, resulting in 36 fatalities. In Alabama, ten touched down, including two parallel long track F3 tornadoes. One of them hit Carbon Hill, and four were killed along the path. Another death came from an F2 tornado in Cherokee County. In the Birmingham metro, an F2 touched down at Bessemer.
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