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May Starts with a Great Weekend

| May 2, 2015 @ 6:43 am

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After a cool start to your Saturday, look for a great May weekend for Central Alabama as temperatures climb a bit. Our Skywatcher in Black Creek reported a low of 38 this morning, but with lots of sunshine today we should see highs climb well into the middle 70s. Sunday will be even warmer as the sunshine continues with highs around 80.

The QPF forecast has a big empty spot with no rain expected in Central Alabama until the end of the upcoming week. The upper air pattern features a substantial ridge for the Southeast US with a closed low and deep trough over the western US. A weaker trough also develops to our east, keeping the Southeast US between systems for much of the week ahead. With the upper ridge in place, should see temperatures warm into the lower and middle 80s for highs during the week ahead.

The ridge begins to break down as we head into next weekend and out into voodoo country. But even then, moisture remains primarily west of Central Alabama, so only isolated showers could enter the forecast.

Beach weather: It just doesn’t get much better for beach goers with sunny days, fair nights over the weekend and into next week. Highs on the immediate coast will be in the upper 70s for the next five days. Sea water temperatures are in the low to mid 70s.

Looking out into voodoo country, the upper ridge holds for us as the closed low over the western states finally advances eastward around the 13th of May. This is likely to be the focus for a cold front to bring some unsettled weather to the eastern US.

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I expect to post the next Weather Xtreme Video first thing on Sunday morning. Enjoy this gorgeous May day and 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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