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WARM DAYS, COOL NIGHTS: Scroll down for J.B.’s long list of lows around Alabama this morning… I love these cool fall nights and mornings.
Quite frankly, our weather won’t change much through the weekend, with sunny warm days and clear cool nights. North winds will increase tomorrow, thanks to the strong coastal storm along the coast of the Carolinas, gusting as high as 20 mph, especially over East Alabama. But, the clouds and rain from that system will remain far to the east.
Afternoon highs will be close to 80 tomorrow and Saturday; with low to mid 80s by Sunday. Morning lows will remain in the 50s, and I figure we will see 40s again for the colder spots tomorrow morning.
NEXT WEEK: We are still expecting the coolest air so far this season in here during the latter half of next week thanks to a long wave upper trough over the eastern U.S…. highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s by Thursday and Friday. Still no sign of any rain around here for the next 7 to 10 days. Keep in mind the fire danger will be very high during the next week or so, so if you are doing any outdoor burning be very careful.
EAST COAST STORM: A whopper of a storm is pounding the middle Atlantic coast; tropical storm force winds will batter the region through tomorrow with very rough surf and rip tides along the coast of North Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. This is not a true tropical storm, but the impact is about the same.
And, the system east of the Bahamas looks fairly well organized, and a tropical depression could form in that region tonight as it moves northward. The latest model guidance has shifted to the right, suggesting the main threat this weekend from this one will be to the Canadian Maritimes, but it will be close enough for some wind and rain for Cape Cod.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For high school games tonight and tomorrow night, nearly perfect weather with a clear sky and temperatures falling from the mid 70s into the 60s during the games.
Auburn hosts Tennessee Saturday at 2:30 (CBS) at Jordan Hare Stadium; the sky will be clear with a kickoff temperature around 80, falling into the mid 70s by fourth quarter. Alabama is on the road; they will play Georgia in Athens Saturday evening at 6:45 (ESPN). The sky will be mostly cloudy; the chance of a shower is only about one in five during the game. Temperatures will fall from 77 at kickoff into the upper 60s by the end of the game. UAB will be on the road to play South Carolina at Columbia’s Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday evening at 6:00 (ESPN 360); just a slight risk of a shower with a kickoff temperature around 78, falling into the 60s by the fourth quarter.
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