MONDAY Update: Hot and Dry Week Ahead

Good Morning!  Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.     

CLIMATE DATA:  Yesterday’s high in Montgomery was 90.  Morning low 68.  Normal high 89, low 66.  Rainfall:  0.00”.    Sunrise at 6:32.  Sunset 6:46.

TODAY:   Sunshine. Hot & dry.  But, not too humid.  High in the lower  90’s.  North wind 5 to 10 mph. Mainly Clear tonight.   Low 68.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    Sunny, warm dry days will continue.  Gradually we will be hotter each day through Thursday.  We should be dry through the week ahead. Expect mid 90s Tuesday & Wednesday and upper 90’s Thursday. Friday will be a little lower.  Perhaps lower 90’s.    Overnight lows in the 60’s.  Dry, storm-free for several days.

A late week “dry” front will slip southward through the state Thursday, reaching the coast on Friday AM.  That may knock about 6 degrees off the high temperature by Friday.

The EURO models still points to essentially dry forecast for about the through next Sunday.   

TROPICAL OUTLOOK:  Hurricane Fiona has been assaulting Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Fiona is located on the Dominican Republic coast, with 90 mph winds moving NW at 8 MPH. It could become a major Hurricane as it heads toward Bermuda.

Elsewhere, NHC is tracking an Area to Watch in the central Atlantic, with a low 20% probability of development in the next 5 days.  

FALL COUNTDOWN:   Fall officially begins Thursday night at 8:04 PM.  The Autumnal Equinox. 

Thanks for reading this Blog this morning! This morning we are LIVE on the radio from 6 to 9 on NewsTalk 93.1.  Watch us on TV on CBS 8 and ABC 32.  I’ll have another update for you in the morning.  Have a great day!

–Rich

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