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Some really nice 5am temps this morning:
Vinemont (Cullman Airport) 46
Gadsden 48
Decatur 50
Anniston 51
Tuscaloosa 52
Fort Payne 52
Calera (Shelby County Airport) 54
Birmingham 57
The dry air will heat very effectively again today, and we will wind up in the 80s this afternoon with a mostly sunny sky.
THE WEEK AHEAD: We should remain dry through Wednesday, but by Thursday and Friday enough low level moisture will return for some chance of isolated, or widely scattered afternoon showers. And, the rising humidity levels will mean warmer nights and muggy days; our weather will feel more like summer Thursday and Friday.
WEEKEND PEEK: This is race weekend at Talladega, so lots of interest in the projected weather for Saturday and Sunday… for now it appears there will a chance of scattered, mostly afternoon showers or storms on Saturday and Sunday, with warm afternoons. Temperatures should peak in the mid 80s over the weekend, about 5 to 7 degrees above normal for early October. A surface cold front approaching from the northwest could enhance the chance of afternoon showers on Sunday, but the best dynamic support for that front will remain well to the north of Alabama.
TROPICS: A disturbance will move across the Florida peninsula tomorrow, and into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. The GFS doesn’t do too much with this, but the NAM continues to develop a closed surface low, and has it about 200 miles south of Mobile on Thursday. Lets keep an eye on this.
Elsewhere across the Atlantic basin, there are no organized tropical systems; Melissa and Karen were taken apart by wind shear. The remnants of Karen are north of the Leeward Islands; conditions will be better for regeneration of that system later in the week.
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