NORTH ALABAMA – Showers are possible across north and central Alabama today, with a return too โฃ90-degreeโค temperatures expected this week. A tropical system in theโฃ eastern Atlantic has a 60% chance of development and couldโ become a tropical depression โฃby mid-to-late week, moving westward โขto west-northwestward at around 15 mph.
While global models suggest the system will gain latitude and turn โnorthward before reaching the Gulf or the U.S., its final destination and intensity remain uncertain. No tropical storms or hurricanes are forecast โฃfor โthe 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) carriesโฃ a small risk of a shower โขduring the firstโ half, with otherwise fair conditions and temperatures droppingโฃ from near 82 degrees at kickoff to the upper 70sโ by the fourth quarter.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: September 2nd marksโ theโค anniversary of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, an โฃextremely powerful โstorm that devastated the Florida Keys. It was, for decades, the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, with a storm โฃsurge of approximately 18 to 20 feet (5.5 to 6.1 m) obliterating towns like Islamorada and claiming at least 485 lives, including โคapproximately 260 World War I veterans โworking on the Overseas Highway.