7:00 AM | ***Hurricane Francine to strike central Louisiana late today as a "cat 2" or strong "cat 1" system***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Huntsville, Alabama metro region
Today
Partly sunny, warm, highs in the middle 80’s; E-SE winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers late, lows in the middle 60’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, windy with gusts to 40 mph or so, occasional showers and possible thunderstorms, low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, windy with gusts to 40 mph or so, occasional showers and thunderstorms, middle 60’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, warm, still windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 70’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, lower 80’s
Monday
Partly sunny, warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, lower 80’s
Discussion
Hurricane Francine intensified into category 1 hurricane status during the overnight hours and it is headed for a landfall late today in the central coastline section of Louisiana. There is an outside chance that Francine strengthen to category 2 status before making landfall late in the afternoon or early part of tonight. After landfall, Francine will slowly weaken on Thursday as it pushes northward over the southern Mississippi River Valley and just to the west of here. The impact here on Thursday and Thursday night will include occasional showers, possible thunderstorms, wind gusts to 40 mph or so, and even isolated tornadoes are on the table. Its northward progress will grind to a halt by the end of the week somewhere over the middle Mississippi Valley region as it begins to become heavily influenced by very strong upper-level high pressure ridging that will park itself over the eastern part of Canada.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather