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Skies have been mostly sunny, although a nice field of cumulus clouds has developed over the northwestern quarter of the state, in the vicinity of a slug of low-level moisture passing overhead at 850 millibars.
Much of the week ahead will be dry with rain not returning until late Friday.
A gorgeous Sunday is in store for Alabama with blue skies, mild temperatures, and low humidities.
NWS Meteorologists are carefully watching a pivot that has developed in the line of storms over Noxubee and Kemper Counties in eastern Mississippi. This potentially dangerous storm will enter northern Sumter and southern Pickens Counties shortly. This is the northern extent of the instability boundary and also some higher low-level shear, and there is some possibility that a tornado could form here.
Storms moving into West Alabama have weakened a bit thanks to a stable layer near the surface.
A couple of tornadoes, as well as scattered wind gusts to 80 mph, are likely.
We still have a couple of rounds of storms to go through, including this first one, and another that will come in later tonight. They could produce damaging winds and hail, as well as a couple of embedded tornadoes as they push eastward.
