It is a gorgeous September morning across Alabama.
Regional radar composites show a few isolated light showers across the Florida Panhandle and southern Georgia. Nothing in Alabama.
Skies are mostly clear across Alabama.
Temperatures are in the lower 60s across the Tennessee Valley, middle 60s across Central Alabama and near 70 in t he south.
Much drier air has arrived across Northwest Alabama as a surge of drier air moves in behind the cold front. Dewpoints are in the middle 40s at Huntsville and Muscle Shoals. Ahead of this surge of drier air, dewpoints are near 60. This surge of drier air will come with a noticeable northerly wind that you will feel today.
If you are headed to the football games, expect excellent weather at Auburn, Tuscaloosa and Legion Field. It will be getting a little coolish toward the end of tonight’s games, so carry a light jacket if you are so inclined.
On the surface map, the powerful cold front made the trek across the state during the overnight hours, clearing most of the state in less than eight hours. A strong surface high is centered near Spencer, Iowa, where the 6 a.m. temperature was 30F with light fog and calm winds. VIsibility was 6 miles. The barometer read 30.34 inches.
Beautiful weather will continue through the weekend. You’ll wake up to 50s (and some 40s) in the morning. Then tomorrow will be a carbon copy of today. Next week will feature an easterly flow situation. The GFS still shows an upper low over the Southeast, but overnight runs push it further south in to the Gulf where it may not bring us much in the way of showers during the latter half of the week.
Professor Peters will be along shortly with the morning map discussion, so get your notebooks ready boys and girls!
Have a great Saturday. Hope your team wins!
