Rain Chances Gradually Decreasing

The much anticipated cold front is making its way slowly into the state this afternoon.

Winds have shifted from the north in Muscle Shoals and dew points have fallen into the lower 60s, while the rest of Alabama is still in the mid-70s.

This frontal boundary will gradually push south through North/Central Alabama the rest of today. Ahead of the boundary, it remains very muggy, mainly cloudy, and we are seeing scattered showers across the Alabama landscape.

Most of the activity has shifted into eastern and southern portions of the state, but we are beginning to see additional showers develop over western portions of the state as instability increases. We are going to continue to deal with these showers and a few storms the rest of today, but like the front, these will continue to push off towards the south.

TONIGHT: The front should at least push through the Interstate 20 corridor overnight and south of there, is where we are going to leave the chance of rain in the forecast. It will remain a very muggy night for the southern two-thirds of the state with lows in the lower 70s. The northern third of the state, will feature a clearing sky and a cooler air mass with lows in the lower and mid 60s.

SPLENDID SUNDAY: That is right, we are going to have a completely air mass in place tomorrow, and we can say there will be no chance of rain for much of North/Central Alabama. The front will be down near the Interstate 85 corridor, and any rain chance will be south of there. For North/Central Alabama we are going to be dealing with more sun than clouds, much lower humidity, and highs in the lower and mid 80s. This will be the first of several dry and sunny days for Alabama.

RIVER FLOODING: Rainfall the past several days has caused rises on area rivers. Minor flooding may continue into the early part of the upcoming week and through much of the week the farther south you go in the state. All that rain water has to go somewhere, and our excellent natural drainage system, the state waterways, are running full.

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