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Mid-Morning Looks at Alabama’s Weather

| February 25, 2018 @ 9:15 am

An extensive area of rain covers much of Central Alabama this morning ahead of a frontal boundary still lies near the northwest corner of Alabama. The front has stalled in response to the blocking surface high near Bermuda.

A line of heavy showers continues along a pre-frontal trough that lies in the I-65/I-85 Corridor over South and South Central Alabama.

To the west, the main trough is swinging through the Rockies. This trough will flatten out and weaken as it pushes east over the next 24 hours, finally dislodging the front and pushing the showers out of Alabama on Monday. But not before a couple of waves of rain move along the basically stalled front.

0.61 inches of rain at the BHM airport yesterday through 6 a.m this morning. Another 0.34 inches through 9 a.m. Rainfall amounts through the rest of the morning and afternoon will be rather light, under one-quarter inch. But another inch of rain could fall tonight through Monday morning in the I-59/-20 corridor with heavier amounts just to the south in places like Demopolis, Clanton and Alex City.

Highs today won’t get out of the 50s across North Alabama. 60s will be common across South Central Alabama with lower 70s in places like Troy. Most everyone will be in the 50s tonight, ranging from near 50F at Hamilton to 60F at Troy.

Rain should end for Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Gadsden by sunrise tomorrow and be out of Central Alabama by 10 a.m. There could be a few leftover showers through noon as the front finally moves through. Skies will clear pretty quickly during the day and most folks will see upper 60s tomorrow for highs.

Tuesday will find us under a ridge most of the day, but things will change quickly late in the day as another disturbance heads our way in the west southwesterly flow, bringing more rain and storms to the state Tuesday night and Wednesday. A series of disturbances will keep us unsettled through Thursday until a front comes through early in the day ending the rain and setting the stage for a dry, seasonable weekend.

We will have to keep an eye out for the threat of severe weather late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning. If that is when it truly does arrive, the threat may be somewhat mitigated by the time of day it arrives, since that is typically our lowest instability period. We will be watching.

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