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6-Day Huntsville Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the lower 80’s

Tonight

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

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Friday

Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Discussion

All eyes are focused on Hurricane Florence as it churns slowly towards the US east coast with a possible landfall on Thursday somewhere along the Carolina coastline - perhaps with "major" hurricane status. Very strong high pressure ridging is now building at upper levels of the atmosphere across southeastern Canada and the northwestern Atlantic and this will be a key player in the push of Florence towards the east coast over the next few days. In addition, this very strong high pressure ridge will act as an “atmospheric brick wall” for Florence once it reaches the coast and the brakes will be put on any attempt at a northward advance. This likely slow down in the northward advance of Florence will allow for an extended period of rainfall and the result could be excessive amounts in the Carolinas and much of the Mid-Atlantic region between late this week and early next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com