7:00 AM | **All eyes on soon-to-be Hurricane Michael and the Gulf of Mexico...could reach "major" status before making landfall**

6-Day Huntsville Forecast

Today

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs not far from 90 degrees

Tonight

Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the upper 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, not quite as warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 70’s for late night lows

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 70’s

Friday

Partly sunny, nice, low-to-mid 70’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cool, near 70 degrees

Discussion

All eyes are now on the tropics now as soon-to-be Hurricane Michael is heading to the open Gulf of Mexico and it could very well reach "major" hurricane status before making landfall at mid-week. The overall upper-level pattern (i.e., very strong ridging centered over SE Canada/NE US) is one that opened the door for tropical activity in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and indeed, this system had its origins last week in the southwestern Caribbean Sea and will now move northward over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Once Michael makes landfall, it is likely to turn from the north to the northeast and should ride up along the Southeast US coastline as it interacts with a frontal system. There is the high potential for heavy rainfall from Michael in places like North and South Carolina – where they certainly don’t need any – and even a chance it’ll impact the Mid-Atlantic region later in the week. It’ll turn colder for awhile behind the passage of this tropical system as some Canadian chill that has been bottled up to our north finally makes its way into the eastern US.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com