Today will be a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, a northerly breeze, and low humidifiers. Much of the coming week will be dry, although afternoon storms will return by week’s end. Temperatures will warm into the 90s by Tuesday.
Shower activity has decreased today in association with a broad area of low pressure located about 400 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.
Harper Lee, a former student at the University of Alabama School of Law, wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird,” probably the best-known book by an Alabama native.
Not too many issues with the weather this weekend. A front pushed through North/Central Alabama and that has brought drier air into the northern half of the state as dew points have at least slid down into the lower and mid 60s. It remains warm as temps are in the 80s this afternoon and by the end of the day, most locations should see mid 80s for highs.
Those who ordered Rodney Scott’s barbecue at the Market at Pepper Place Memorial Day weekend may not have realized it was the James Beard Award-winning chef and Barbecue Hall of Fame semifinalist himself loading their cars with ribs and pulled pork.
We can enjoy lower moisture levels throughout the weekend before Mother Nature cranks up the heat and humidity during the work week.
Bake sales for financial fixes have been a Southern go-to for decades, so Alabama’s culinary community is using it as a way of helping a favorite institution.
WARM, MUGGY AFTERNOON: Temperatures are generally in the low to mid-80s across Alabama this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. So far, showers have been few and far between, but we will maintain the chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms through the evening hours as a cold front approaches.
The next Alabama movie star may hail from Montgomery, have four wheels and a Smartstream engine.
We have a decent amount of sunshine across the area as of 12:30 pm with only a few clouds dotting the skies overhead. We are dry at this point with nothing showing up on radar.
James Spann
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