7:00 AM | **"Major" Hurricane Michael to make landfall later today in Florida's Panhandle**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Huntsville Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, highs in the low-to-mid 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, showers and thunderstorms likely, lows in the upper 60’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, windy, cooler, chance of showers, lower 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, cool, near 50 degrees for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, cool, near 70 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, pleasant, lower 70’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, a bit warmer, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 70’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, comfortable, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees
Discussion
Hurricane Michael should make landfall later today in the Florida Panhandle as a “major” hurricane as it continues to slowly intensify in an overall favorable environment and moves over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Once landfall is reached, Hurricane Michael will become increasingly influenced by an approaching upper-level trough over the middle of the country and will turn from a northerly direction to a northeasterly track and ride up along the Southeast US coastline. Heavy rain and strong winds with hurricane-force gusts will extend from the Gulf coast to the Carolinas which is already a rain-soaked region thanks to the stalled out Hurricane Florence of last month. Following the passage of Michael, quite cool and drier weather will follow in the Tennessee Valley for later Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com