PLEASANT AFTERNOON: Temperatures are in the 57-60 degree range over much of North and Central Alabama this afternoon, and we note a few thin spots in the overcast. To the south, Montgomery and Demopolis report a pleasant 65 degrees at mid-afternoon. Nothing on radar, and we will be dry through the evening hours despite a mostly cloudy sky.
Well, even though we are getting a nice treat with above average temperatures on this decent Friday, we are very limited with sunshine as skies are mostly cloudy across Central Alabama.
The Storm Prediction Center has defined much of Central Alabama in the standard Slight Risk for severe storms (level 2 of 5) throughout the day on Saturday while the rest of the area is defined in a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5).
The high in Birmingham for January 17th, 2019 was 51F. The low was 33F.
WARMER TODAY, CLOUDS LINGER: Clouds and fog cover Alabama this morning with temperatures in the 40s and 50s; we rise into the low 60s this afternoon as a warming trend begins. The sky will stay mostly cloudy, but we expect few, if any showers.
Good food and great music make Alabama weekends special in this week’s Can’t Miss Alabama.
The Birmingham native won the Heisman Trophy in 1971.
The Mobile assembly line for the A220 was something its largest competitor said would never happen.
The healthy living program includes Birmingham schools, Brookwood Baptist and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
NWS Birmingham has issued a Dense Fog Advisory that goes into effect at 12:00 am Friday and is set to expire at 9:00 am Friday.
RADAR CHECK: Showers continue across parts of Alabama this afternoon; the sky is cloudy with temprautres mostly in the upper 40s and low 50s. Rain will end from west to east this evening as the wave in the upper atmosphere responsible for the wet weather moves on to the east.
CONDITIONS AT 12:15 PM: Scattered to numerous showers continue to move across North and Central Alabama during the midday hour on your Thursday, with the heavier precipitation falling along and just north of a line from Sulligent to Cullman to Boaz.
The high in Birmingham for January 16th, 2019 was 54F. The low was 27F.
CLOUDS, SHOWERS TODAY: A short wave in the upper atmosphere will bring clouds and rain showers to our state today; moisture is pretty limited, and rain amounts should be under 1/2 inch for most communities. Radar showers showers in progress over the western half of the state at daybreak; they will continue to spread eastward during the day. Today’s high will be around 50 degrees for North/Central Alabama… some places north of Birmingham could hold in the 40s all day. Showers will end early tonight.
The efforts have removed more than 15.5 million pounds of trash and debris from waterways.
Born on this day as Frances Elizabeth Daughdrill, “Bessie” and her family left Demopolis in the late 1860s for Coal City, just east of the Coosa River in St. Clair County.
