7:00 AM | ***Closely monitoring the movement of Tropical Storm Sally...likely to reach hurricane status and dump tremendous rainfall amounts on the northern Gulf coastal region***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for Huntsville, Alabama
Today
Mainly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs near 90 degrees
Tonight
Partly cloudy, mild, lows not far from 70 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, not quite as warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, even cooler, becoming windy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times depending on the track of Tropical Storm Sally, mid-to-upper 70's
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, warm, windy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times depending on the track of Tropical Storm Sally, mid-to-upper 70's
Friday
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, nice, near 80 degrees
Discussion
The new work week begins with an active tropical scene in the Atlantic Basin including Tropical Storm Sally which is slowly moving to the west-to-to-northwest over the northern Gulf of Mexico. This system has a good chance to intensify into a hurricane over the next 6-12 hours as it churns slowly towards the northern Gulf coastal region. Sally is likely to reach southeastern Louisiana or southern Mississippi in the overnight hours and it’ll remain quite a slow moving system. As a consequence, there is the potential for substantial rainfall amounts in the northern Gulf region from southeastern Louisiana to the western part of Florida’s Panhandle – perhaps on the order of one to two feet. After landfall, this system will head inland and push to the north and east bringing heavy rainfall to the Tennessee Valley in the late Wednesday to early Friday time period. Stay tuned.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com