Good News to Report: Showers Dissipating, But Severe Weather Possible This Afternoon, Evening

It’s a busy day across Central Alabama with lot sof big outdoor events, including the Honda Indy Grand Prix events at Barber Motorsports Park and the Alabama A-Day game at Bryant Denny Stadium.

I have good news to report.

We had been nervously watching showers and thunderstorms over Northwest Alabama and back in Central Mississippi, holding our breaths as we waited for them to dissipate as we thought they would. Morning runs of one of our best short term models had show that they might hold together better than we expected.

But that is not the case, the showers are nearly gone from the radar at 9:45. A few light showers are across parts of Lamar, Marion, Winston, Fayette and northwestern Walker Counties.

A larger mass of rain was over Madison and Jackson Counties in Northeast Alabama, moving off to the northeast toward Tennessee.

But for Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, the radar is clear.

South of I-59, skies are mostly sunny. Clouds from the earlier showers are thicker to the north of I-59, but some sunshine is still getting through in many spots.

Look at this great data from the new GOES-16 satellite:

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