FEELING BETTER: With sunshine in full supply, temperatures are mostly in the 50s across Alabama this afternoon… a good 15-20 degrees warmer than recent days. Clouds will increase across the state tonight as the next weather system approaches from the west.
After a few days of dull, dreary, and cloudy skies, we have finally returned to having maximum sunshine across Central Alabama as of the midday hour on your “Hump Day.”
The high in Birmingham for January 15th, 2019 was 41F. The low was 30F.
COLD START: Temperatures are below freezing over North/Central Alabama this morning, but the sky has finally clearing, and with ample sunshine we project a high in the mid 50s this afternoon, back to average values for mid-January in Alabama.
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CLEARING CONTINUES: The sky is now mostly sunny over most of Alabama; the exception is Northeast Alabama, where clouds are still hanging on at mid-afternoon. Temperatures remain below average… where clouds are still in place temperatures are in the 30s, we are seeing 40s and low 50s elsewhere. The remaining cloud cover should dissipate tonight.
CONDITIONS AT 11:15 AM: Skies across the area are cloudy and a dull gray at this point on your late Tuesday morning. Those clouds are keeping the sun for providing any help in warming up those temperatures outside.
The high in Birmingham for January 14th, 2019 was 42F. The low was 38F.
BRIGHTER THIS AFTERNOON: A layer of status have been very persistent across Alabama over the past few days, and they are still hanging over the state early this morning. But, subsidence should take over later today as the sky becomes partly sunny, and we project a high around 50 degrees this afternoon. Tonight will be clear and cold with a low near the freezing mark, and tomorrow will feature a partly to mostly sunny sky with a high in the mid to upper 50s.
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