Tonight, we will be mostly cloudy from the outer clouds of Idalia. It will be muggy with lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Another cold front will move across Alabama on Wednesday, and it will keep Idalia away from us. The hurricane will make landfall likely across the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 3+ hurricane. Central Alabama will be partly cloudy, breezy, and warm with a slight chance for a shower mainly over east and southeast Alabama. High temperatures will be in the middle 80s.

The cold front will linger across the Southeast U.S. Coast on Thursday. We will be sunny, dry, and less humid. High temperatures will be in the middle 80s.

On Friday, high pressure will be north of Alabama, but an upper-level trough and low will move across the state. We will be partly cloudy with spotty showers and storms. High temperatures will be in the middle to upper 80s.

Weekend Outlook: Drier and less humid air will move into Alabama this weekend. Saturday and Sunday will be hot and dry with a mostly sunny sky. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s.