MOBILE, Ala. — After Thursday’s rounds of rain and thunderstorms, the Gulf Coast stays unsettled today with scattered showers and storms in the mix. The good news: temperatures should stay far more manageable than last week’s extreme heat, generally topping out in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees.
Weekend: daily rain chances
The weekend remains unsettled, with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast both Saturday and Sunday. It won’t rain all day, and there will still be some dry breaks, but anyone with outdoor plans should keep the rain gear handy. High temperatures should remain in the mid to upper 80s.
The pattern is a familiar one for late August along the northern Gulf Coast: morning sunshine, afternoon heating, and storms that build through the afternoon before fading after sunset. If you can plan outdoor activities for the first half of the day, your odds of staying dry are much better.
Next week: typical late-summer weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast into early next week, with temperatures gradually warming back toward 90. So while the extreme heat is gone for now, the familiar combination of heat, humidity and afternoon storm chances isn’t going anywhere.
The break from triple-digit heat indexes comes as a relief across Mobile, Baldwin County and the rest of the central Gulf Coast, where last week’s heat pushed outdoor work and school activities into the early morning hours.
Dolly forms in the tropical Atlantic
The Atlantic is getting a little more active. Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the central tropical Atlantic, becoming the fourth named storm of the 2026 hurricane season. Dolly is currently far from land and poses no threat to the Gulf Coast.
Dolly is expected to move generally westward, but environmental conditions are forecast to become less favorable, and the storm may weaken over the next few days. Even so, its moisture could eventually bring heavy rain to parts of the northeastern Caribbean.
There are no concerns for the Mobile-Pensacola area at this time, but Dolly’s formation is a reminder that the season is entering its historically busiest stretch. The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season falls around Sept. 10, and the majority of named storms in a typical year form between mid-August and mid-October.
What to watch
For now, the local forecast is all about timing your outdoor plans around scattered storms. Keep an umbrella nearby, watch for lightning when storms build, and expect more of the same steamy, stormy pattern as the calendar turns toward September. Forecasters will continue to track Dolly’s progress in the open Atlantic over the coming days.