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HELLO HUMBERTO: Tropical Storm Humberto continues to look impressive on satellite and radar loops this afternoon in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico. The system should be inland tonight, with the center passing very close to Galveston and Houston. The big issue is not the wind, but the rain. Rainfall amounts of five to 10 inches are likely for Southeast Texas, meaning the potential for some serious flooding issues around Houston by tomorrow morning. Lets hope this doesn’t turn into another Allison, a tropical storm that produced flooding of almost Biblical proportion in 2001 in that part of Texas.
The moisture plume from Humberto is expected to move in our general direction, and could set the stage for a big time rain event on Friday. Tomorrow, we will begin to see showers and storms returning, and by tomorrow night and Friday our forecast will feature periods of rain and a few thunderstorms statewide. If the moisture from Humberto gets involved in the approaching cold front Friday, the northern half of Alabama can expect 2 to 4 inches of rain from about midnight tomorrow night through midnight Friday. This is really an answer to prayer, and it will make a good dent in the drought.
OUR WEEKEND: Despite the presence of Humberto, we are still on target for a beautiful weekend. The sky should clear Saturday morning, and the rest of day will feature ample sunshine, lower humidity, and a fresh north breeze. By Sunday morning, with a clear sky, we should be somewhere in the 54 to 59 degree range around here. Some of the coolest spots up in Northeast Alabama might even see 48 or 49 degrees. Sunday will be another sunny day with very comfortable temperatures.
At this time it looks like the first few days of next week will be rain-free as well.
TD NUMBER EIGHT: We also should note tropical depression 8 sure looks good on satellite images this afternoon; that one is about 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and should become Tropical Storm Ingrid shortly. This system will move rather slowly to the northwest, and it still looks like it will pass north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico early next week. It will have the option of recurving out into the open Atlantic, or turning back to the west, in the direction of Florida, or the east coast of the U.S. Plenty of time to keep an eye on this storm.
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