Temperatures should peak near the 80-degree mark for the next couple of days and then likely climb well up into the 80’s on Sunday. A cold front will cross the region by early next week and its passage will usher in the coolest air mass so far this season for much of the eastern half of the nation.
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The remainder of the week will feature dry and comfortable conditions around here following the passage of a couple of weak frontal systems. Hurricane Milton continues to move along over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico as a “major” and it is headed to the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s western (Gulf) coast for landfall later this evening.
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The remainder of the week will dry and comfortable conditions following the passage of a frontal system on Monday. Hurricane Milton continues to chug along over the Gulf of Mexico as a “major” and it is likely headed to the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s western (Gulf) coast for landfall later tomorrow.
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A frontal system will push through the area today and pave the way for a generally dry week featuring warm days and cool nights. High temperatures during the next few days will be near the 80-degree mark and overnight lows in the lower 50’s with high pressure remaining in control. On the tropical scene, Tropical Storm Milton is likely to intensify into a “major” hurricane during the next couple of days as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico from west-to-east with a possible landfall at mid-week somewhere along Florida’s western Gulf coast.
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A frontal system will cause some instability around here today producing a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. The weekend is shaping up pretty nicely for the region with plenty of sunshine expected on both days and warm weather conditions featuring afternoon highs generally in the middle 80’s.
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Dry and warm conditions across the Tennessee valley today with afternoon high temperatures well up in the 80’s. A frontal system will cause some instability on Friday and the chance of PM showers and thunderstorms. The weekend is shaping up pretty nicely for the region with plenty of sunshine expected on both days and warm weather conditions featuring afternoon highs generally in the middle 80’s.
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While there can be a shower or thunderstorm today, the pattern is changing to one that is drier and comfortably warm with an upper-level trough pushing to the east of here. Temperatures should return to near climatological norms for the remainder of the week with highs generally in the lower 80’s and late night lows not far from 60 degrees.
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Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday night as a category 4 “major” hurricane near Florida’s Gulf coast town of Perry and then pushed north through Georgia before grinding to a halt over the Tennessee Valley. Tremendous rainfall fell over the southern Appalachians as the result of strong and persistent upsloping winds associated with Hurricane Helene with as much as two feet in some spots and flooding was extreme. The month of September comes to an end with plenty of tropical activity to monitor in the Atlantic Basin and another system is destined for the Gulf of Mexico by this weekend or early part of next week. The tropical season in the Atlantic Basin has now resulted in 11 named tropical storms with four hurricanes having made landfall in the US, and there certainly may be other opportunities to add onto those numbers.
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The remnants of tropical storm Helene will continue to drift away early this week and we’re setting up for a quiet and warm week with minimal chances for shower activity. There are signs for another tropical storm system to make it into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend or early next week as the at least the first part of October will continue to feature much in the way of tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin.
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Hurricane Helene pushed ashore last night near Perry, Florida as a category 4 “major” hurricane and is now pushing through Georgia as a downgraded “tropical storm”. It will bring strong winds and heavy rain to Georgia and also to portions of Alabama on Friday and Friday night. The remnants of the hurricane will push northward through much of the day and then will be forced to turn north and west and towards the Middle Mississippi Valley region due to very strong “blocking” high pressure to the north over Canada. Excessive rainfall amounts can spread throughout much of the southern Appalachians as upsloping winds will enhance upward motion and likely result in some tremendous amounts of rainfall.
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