NORTH ALABAMA – Showers are possible across north and central Alabama today, with a return too 90-degree temperatures expected this week. A tropical system in the eastern Atlantic has a 60% chance of development and could become a tropical depression by mid-to-late week, moving westward to west-northwestward at around 15 mph.
While global models suggest the system will gain latitude and turn northward before reaching the Gulf or the U.S., its final destination and intensity remain uncertain. No tropical storms or hurricanes are forecast for the Gulf Coast within the next 7-10 days.
LOCAL FOOTBALL FORECASTS: Auburn’s game against ball State Saturday evening (6:30 p.m. kickoff) may see a brief shower during the first half, otherwise conditions will be mostly fair with temperatures falling from the low 80s into the upper 70s. Alabama’s game against LA-Monroe Saturday evening (6:45 p.m. kickoff) carries a small risk of a shower during the first half, with otherwise fair conditions and temperatures dropping from near 82 degrees at kickoff to the upper 70s by the fourth quarter.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: September 2nd marks the anniversary of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, an extremely powerful storm that devastated the Florida Keys. It was, for decades, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, with a storm surge of approximately 18 to 20 feet (5.5 to 6.1 m) obliterating towns like Islamorada and claiming at least 485 lives, including approximately 260 World War I veterans working on the Overseas Highway.
