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HEATING UP: Muscle Shoals has reached 90 degrees at 2:00… most other Alabama cities are in the mid to upper 80s; Birmingham checked in with 85. The sky is partly to mostly sunny, and there is no rain on radar.
Hot weather will certainly headline the Memorial Day weekend, with mostly sunny days and fair nights. We project a high in the low 90s tomorrow and Sunday; Saturday seems to be the hottest day with the upper high right over us along with a high in the mid 90s. The record high for May 26 is 97 degrees, set back in 1962… we will be within a few degrees of that level.
SEC BASEBALL: The annual tournament continues at Regions Park today through Sunday, and the weather will cooperate very nicely. Sunny days, fair nights, and not a drop of rain is expected. The daytime heat will be the biggest issue, with highs in the low to mid 90s tomorrow and over the weekend. The boys of summer should feel right at home.
GULF COAST FORECAST: Great weather for those of you beach bound to celebrate the end of the school year. Expect sunny days and fair nights along the Gulf Coast from Panama City to Gulf Shores, with highs in the 80s and lows in the low 70s. A few scattered showers or storms could show up early next week with a surge of deeper tropical moisture moving into the region. Ocean water temperatures remain mostly in the low 80s.
NEXT WEEK: The upper high will break down, and tropical moisture will move in from the east. We will mention a chance of widely scattered showers or storms Monday, with a better chance of getting wet Tuesday and Wednesday. The coverage of the rain will depend on what happens in the Atlantic, off the Florida and Georgia coasts in coming days.
TROPICAL UPDATE: NHC has upped the chance of tropical cyclone formation to 40 percent in the disturbed area of weather near the Bahamas. Most models, including the GFS, move this system northeast, followed by a bend back to the west/southwest, with the broad low moving into the Florida Atlantic coast somewhere near Jacksonville. Understand this won’t be a hurricane, or even a strong tropical storm. The main impact will be heavy rain for parts of the South Atlantic Coast… and this moisture could very well work into Alabama from the east by mid-week next week. See the Weather Xtreme video for all of the graphics and details.
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