7:00 AM | ***TS Helene to intensify into "major" hurricane before landfall late tomorrow along Florida's Gulf coast "Big Bend" region***

6-Day forecast for the Huntsville, Alabama metro region

Today

Mainly cloudy, occasional rain and embedded thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, highs in the middle 70’s; SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the low-to-mid 60’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, muggy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, middle 70’s for afternoon highs  

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, middle 60’s for late night lows

Friday

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

Saturday

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

Sunday

Partly sunny, warmer, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s

Monday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers, near 80 degrees

Discussion

Tropical Storm Helene will intensify rapidly as it moves north-to-northeast during the next 24 hours over the very warm waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. This system should make landfall early tomorrow night in the “Big Bend” region of Florida’s Gulf coast….likely as a “major” category 3 classification and even attainment of “category 4” is on the table. Outer bands of showers and thunderstorms associated with Helene will spread northward into the region on Thursday; especially, in areas to the east of I-65. The center of the hurricane is likely to pass by to our east on Thursday night and Friday moving northward through the state of Georgia and then into South Carolina.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather