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We will be able to sit back and catch our breath over the weekend. Sunny warm days, and clear cool nights through Sunday; we will be in the upper 40s in most places early tomorrow and Sunday morning.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: All the coaches for all of the teams could not have custom ordered any better football weather. High school games tonight will feature clear cool weather with about 68 at kick off and 62 in the fourth quarter. Light wind. On Saturday, the Alabama/Tennessee game is at Tuscaloosa at 11:30. Clear with low humidity, light wind, 75 at kick off, with a high during the game about 80. Auburn will be in Baton Rouge to play LSU with an 8:00 p.m. kick off. Clear with 72 at kick off and 62 at the final whistle. UAB/Houston will be at Legion Field. Clear, 70 at kick off, 60 at final whistle.
NEXT WEEK: Getting nice model agreement now, leading to a higher confidence forecast. A deep upper trough moves out of the Rockies on Monday, and showers and storms should move into Alabama Monday afternoon and Monday night. The trough evolves into a very deep, closed upper low that hangs around in the area from Tulsa to Kansas City for the first half of next week. It won’t move thanks to a blocking pattern that develops, this means cooler and wet weather for Alabama on Tuesday and Wednesday… periods of rain are likely both days with temperatures only in the 60s. This is just what the doctor ordered for a state in a big time drought. We might see a few strong storms late Monday, but instability values are marginal. Between Monday and Wednesday of next week rain amounts of one to two inches look likely statewide. Very nice.
LONG RANGE: Interesting to note the 12Z GFS shows a tropical storm in the western Gulf of Mexico on November 4, but we all know that is voodoo now. Possible, however. the tropical season is not over.
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I enjoyed speaking to a nice group of high school students today at Jemison High School down in Chilton County… fall colors are really beginning to show up now. Even in the middle of a drought. Tomorrow I will be at Mount Laurel in Shelby County for their Family Day… be sure and drop by and say hello if you are out that way.
Also… look for the all of the second graders from Paine Primary School in Trussville today on the KIDCAM on ABC 33/40 News at 5:00; I saw them yesterday but due to the severe weather coverage their TV appearance had to be delayed by one day!
Brian Peters will have the Weather Xtreme videos over the weekend, and my next video will be up by 7:00 a.m. Monday. Enjoy the weekend!
