Potential Tropical Cyclone 19: The latest maps, models and path

THE END OF THE MONTH, AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ANOTHER TROPICAL STORM. AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE’RE WATCHING. THIS IS INVEST 99 L, A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME CONVECTION SOUTH OF THAT MARKED AREA RIGHT NOW CARIBBEAN IS STILL VERY VERY WARM. AND THIS MODEL THIS IS THE EUROPEAN MODEL HAS THIS MEANDERING IN THE CARIBBEAN REALLY THROUGH MONDAY. AND THE GFS IS VERY SIMILAR. IT BECOMES A POWERFUL CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE WITH LITTLE WIND SHEAR AND WARM WATERS TO WORK WITH. DOESN’T MOVE INTO THE GULF UNTIL LIKELY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK INTO TUESDAY. THIS IS 11:00 ON TUESDAY, AND THEN MOST MODELS ARE A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY TAKE IT TOWARD FLORIDA. NOW UNDERSTAND THERE’S STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY, BUT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL STEERING PATTERNS, THIS DOES LOOK LIKE IT WILL MOVE EASTWARD. WE ALSO HAVE A FRONT COMING THROUGH NEXT WEEK, AND DEPENDING ON THE DELAY OR THE TIMING OF THAT, THIS COULD MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE NORTHWARD AND IMPACT MORE OF THE CENTRAL PART OF FLORIDA RATHER THAN THE SOUTHERN PART OF FLORIDA. AGAIN, MODELS HAVE THIS AS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STORM. IT COULD REACH CATEGORY THREE STATUS HEADING INTO SUNDAY. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY. OF COURSE, THERE ARE NO ISSUES RIGHT NOW FOR THE GULF COAST, BUT WE DO WANT YOU TO BE PAYING ATTENTION THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. CLOUDY SKIES HERE AT HOME THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THE SKY CAMERA SHAKING A BIT. IT’S BEEN GUSTY OUT THERE TOO. WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AND EAST AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME RAIN MOVING IN TOO OVER WEST ALABAMA. FAYETTE, YOU’RE GETTING WET THIS MORNING. SAMANTHA. DOWNTOWN TUSCALOOSA. THERE’S SOME RAINDROPS AND THEN EVEN IN PICKENS COUNTY, TWO STEPH IS GOING TO TIME OUT THE REST OF TODAY FOR YOU AND TONIGHT WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROCKY WEATHER LATER. YEAH, IT’S GOING TO GET OBVIOUSLY WETTER AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. MOST OF THE RAIN THAT WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN WEST ALABAMA. AND SO WE’LL KEEP RAIN CHANCES PRETTY LIMITED, AT LEAST THROUGH THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE AFTERNOON. BUT THEN AS WE GET INTO LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING, THAT’S WHEN WE REALLY EXPECT THE BULK OF THE RAIN TO START TO ARRIVE. THE GOOD NEWS IS, FOR SOME OF US, THIS COULD BE SOME REALLY BENEFICIAL RAIN. I THINK SOME ISOLATED SPOTS COULD GET AN INCH AND A HALF, MAYBE UP TO TWO INCHES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY BE MORE SO. WEST, PERHAPS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THIS MAY NOT BE THE EXACT PLACEMENT. I THINK ON AVERAGE, PROBABLY A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH FOR MOST OF US. BUT A FEW AREAS WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT AS BRYLEE MENTIONED, THE WIND IS ALREADY REALLY GUSTY OUT THERE AND THROUGH THE DAY. TODAY THE WIND IS GOING TO REMAIN ELEVATED. YOU CAN SEE WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 25, MAYBE EVEN UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES. SO THE WIND IS GOING TO BE BLOWING TODAY. ALONG WITH THAT MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF RAIN HEADING INTO THE THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD, WE CLEAR OUT QUICKLY, THOUGH ON THURSDAY AND SOME OF THAT COOLER WEATHER STARTS TO MOVE IN. AND SO BY FRIDAY MORNING WE ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE 40S. EVEN SOME LOW 40S. I WOULDN’T BE SHOCKED TO SEE SOME UPPER 30S HEADING INTO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY MORNING, AND BOY, WHAT A GOOD LOOKING WEEKEND TOO, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY. BOTH GAMES IS STARTING OFF A LITTLE BIT IN THE WELL, THE AUBURN GAME IN THE MORNING, THE AUBURN THE AUBURN GAME IN THE MORNING, ALABAMA IN THE AFTERNOON. AND SO TEMPERATURES SHOU