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Showers Return Later This Week

| April 21, 2015 @ 3:35 pm

BLUE SKY: As advertised, this has been a spectacular spring day across the great state of Alabama with sunshine in full supply. Temperatures are generally in the 68-72 degree range, and the humidity levels are remaining very low.

Temperatures

TONIGHT/TOMORROW: The sky will remain fair tonight with lows mostly in the low 50s; colder valleys will reach the 40s again early tomorrow. Looks like we just about take out any risk of rain during the day tomorrow… the sky will be partly sunny with a high in the upper 70s. The chance of any one spot seeing a shower late in the day is only in the 10 percent range, not really high enough to mention in our formal forecast.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: We expect a decent round of showers and storms late tomorrow night into Thursday morning; highest probability of getting wet comes from about midnight tomorrow night through 12:00 noon Thursday, but a few lingering showers are possible Thursday afternoon. It will be a bit cooler Thursday with a high around 70 degrees. Then, showers and storms will increase again late Friday and Friday night ahead of an upper trough and surface low approaching from the west. We reach the low 70s Friday afternoon.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: The surface low will still be northwest of Alabama Saturday, and the 12Z GFS has come in with higher instability values (surface based CAPE values over 2,000 j/kg). I don’t think it rains all day Saturday, and the best chance of showers and storms could very well come during the morning hours, but where storms do form that could pack a punch. A little too early to define the severe weather threat since models still are not in good agreement over the small scale features. A chance we reach the low to mid 80s Saturday afternoon.

Then, dry air returns Sunday with sunshine back in full supply along with a high in the mid 70s.

NEXT WEEK: Low confidence, but the GFS is back on the idea of a chance of showers and storms in Alabama Monday as a wave passes through; we will insert that risk in the forecast. Then, drier air returns Tuesday night and Wednesday. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

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