10/9 – Payton’s Tuesday Morning Forecast

Mostly shower activity but a few thunderstorms will remain today as Hurricane Michael moves northward. These showers and thunderstorms are tapping some dry mid-level air causing some relatively strong winds. The set up with Michael and the strong ridge to its north and northeast is causing some strong winds well ahead of the hurricane. These winds are also affecting the area as well as the coastal waters. This is also keeping tide levels elevated. This will remain the same through today as tide levels should decrease later tonight once we start to see more of a north wind as Michael moves to the east.

Michael is still expected to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon as a Major Hurricane.

It will bring the greatest impacts from the Florida/Alabama border to the Big Bend area. For South Mississippi the greatest chance of tropical storm force winds (gusts up to 40 mph) will be over the coastal waters. The cold front moves through Wednesday night bringing cooler and drier air for the remainder of the week. A little moisture returns Sunday before another cold front on Monday.