Rich Thomas Weather Network

FRIDAY Update:   Late Summer Heat Continues – Only Isolated Showers

Good morning!  Late summer heat continues, and gradually it’s getting more humid. We’ll be in the low to mid 90’s for the next few days. Expect a hot and humid official last summer weekend.  Yesterday the Montgomery airport had .02.  That’s the first measurable rain in 3 weeks.  Today, and for the next several days, isolated random showers will continue with the probability generally 20% or less each day through Monday.  Rain chances will get a little bit better Tuesday and Wednesday.  And a late week front will improve the rain chance. Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.

TODAY:  Sun/cloud mix. A little more humid. High 94..  Isolated showers can’t be ruled out, but the rain chance is only 20% or less.  Partly cloudy tonight.  Low in the upper 60’s to near 70.

FUTURE RADAR:   Like yesterday, there could be some spotty random showers on the radar…but not many.  Good luck.

NEXT FEW DAYS:   It’s still hot and getting more uncomfortable. We’ll be in the low to mid 90’s for the next few days. Combined with dewpoints in the mid and upper 60’s it will feel steamy, through the last official weekend of Summer.  Rain chance are not zero, but generally 20% or less each day through early nest week.

Here’s the projected rainfall through Tuesday.   Generally rainfall amounts are expected to be very small and random.  Rain chances will get a little bit better Tuesday and Wednesday.  And a late week front will improve the rain chance.

Here’s the new DROUGHT MONITOR map showing 91% of the state in some level of Drought and 28% in a Moderate Drought.

Here’s the 10 Day Temperature Trend.  90 or above is likely each day until Thursday.  Then a late week front will bring in some nicer air.

TROPICAL OUTLOOK:  Tropical storm Gabrielle is likely to become a hurricane late this weekend in the central Atlantic. Generally,  Gabrielle will be a “fish storm”.

There’s an Area to Watch in the far east Tropical Atlantic as a tropical wave moves west if the far east Tropical Atlantic.  It has a low 20% chance of development in the next 7 days.  

Here’s the EURO Ensemble Member Lows  outlook through the next 10 days.  Right now, the central Atlantic looks like a hot bed.  We also notice The Bahamas and the Gulf, too.    

FALL COUUNTDOWN:  The Autumnal Equinox is now just 3 days away. The first official day of Fall:  Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 1:19 PM

Thanks for reading the blog. Today everything is normal including LIVE on the Radio of NewsTalk 93.1 WACV.  There will be another video forecast discussion and Blog Update in the 4 o’clock hours tomorrow morning.  You can always find my forecast updates hourly on the 8 station Bluewater family of stations every day of the year.

Moon and Venus early this morning. SPECTACULAR.

–Rich