5/27 – Payton’s Sunday Night Forecast

This weekend wasn’t too bad. It was hot and humid, but Alberto’s track saved us for the most part. The subtropical cyclone will continue to move toward the Florida Panhandle where it will make landfall between Pensacola and Panama City Monday around lunchtime. It has strengthened tonight with sustained winds of 65 mph. It is expected to maintain this strength as it approaches the Florida coast. The main threat will be in Florida where heavy rain will fall along with high winds up to 65 mph. South Mississippi will be on the somewhat drier side, but we will see showers and thunderstorms tomorrow along with breezy north winds gusting up to 30 mph. Because of the winds, there is a Small Craft Advisory for the sound and open waters until Monday Night. Rain chances will stick around into Tuesday as Alberto lifts north. Rain chances start to finally go down Wednesday and this trend continues into Saturday. The next best rain chances come Sunday.