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Rain/Storms Ending This Morning; Clouds Remain

| December 6, 2014 @ 6:59 am

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As I am writing the Blog post this morning, a line of showers with embedded thunderstorms was traversing Central Alabama. The leading edge of the line stretched from just south of Piedmont to Helena to south of Aliceville. The line was moving eastward and much if not all of the precipitation should be exiting Central Alabama by very late morning. But the clouds should hang in there, so don’t look for any sunshine until Sunday. The temperatures today will not be changing much with readings in the 60s for our highs – a tad cooler than recent days. Rainfall amounts will likely be between a half inch and three quarters of an inch for most spots.

With the front well east of us on Sunday, we should see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures considerably colder than recent days. The highs Sunday will be in the upper 50s which is actually about typical for early December. But since our temperatures have been running 12 to 17 degrees above seasonal averages, it will feel colder.

The week ahead will be dry and cooler than our most recent week. The upper air pattern will feature a substantial trough over the eastern US but conditions remain dry with the Gulf of Mexico essentially cut off. A series of reinforcing shots of colder air will keep us at or slightly below seasonal values through much of the week. Look for highs mainly in the 50s and morning lows mainly in the 30s.

A nice ridge signals a bit of a warmup next Saturday with highs returning to the 60s.

The weather pattern remains active as we look forward into voodoo country. Another colder, wet system is likely around the 16th with another very deep trough shaping up to our west by the end of the forecast period around the 21st.

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I expect to have the next Weather Xtreme Video posted by 8 am or so on Sunday. I will be emceeing the Helena Christmas parade today at 1 pm from the reviewing stand at the Helena Baptist Church on Highway 261. Be sure to avoid the area early this afternoon since the parade shuts down a section of Highway 261. Godspeed.

-Brian-

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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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