Good morning! More tropical downpours and much cooler temperatures continue to top the weather news today. Today may be the coolest day since early May. Today’s expected high of 80 will be the coolest since May 10th. (Normal high 94) Meanwhile, slow moving thunderstorms will produce more tropical downpours which could lead to flooding in spots. A flood watch continues in effect. Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.
TODAY: Mostly cloudy. High near 80. Random Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms today. Local tropical downpours could produce flooding. Low tonight 69.
A Flood Watch Continues along and east of a Clanton/Montgomery/Troy line.
COOL WEDGE: The combination of high pressure of high pressure along the east coast will continue to allow a northeasterly wind flow which will send some much cooler air to migrate down the Appalachian Mountain chain into Alabama.Today will be the coolest day in Montgomery since last May 10th.
FUTURE RADAR: Wet at times. Local Tropical downpours.
NEXT FEW DAYS: Scattered to numerous random storms are back in forecast each day this week. Highs only in the 80’s each day until perhaps Sunday. Amazing change.
Here’s the 10 Day Model Blend Temperature Trend. Amazing turnaround from last week’s sweltering heat.
TROPICAL OUTLOOK: Tropical Storm Dexter which formed off the US East Coast, will move into the open Atlantic and dissipate.
There’s another area to watch off the SE coast, and in the Tropical Atlantic.
Here’s the EURO Tropical Depression Outlook. The Atlantic has come alive.
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.
–Rich