COLD NIGHT AHEAD: The sky is sunny across the great state of Alabama this afternoon with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. With a clear sky tonight, temperatures will drop into the 20s over North/Central Alabama by early tomorrow morning, with potential for freezing conditions deep into South Alabama.
All of this sunshine is not winning the battle over the cooler air being pulled into the state, keeping our temperatures below normal for the early December.
COLDER AIR: With a partly to mostly sunny sky, we project a high only in the 40s for North Alabama today, with 50s fo the southern counties of the state. A freeze is likely late tonight early tomorrow morning as colder air continues to settle into the state; we expect 20s for North Alabama, with 30s down to the south.
TURNING COLDER: This afternoon features a good supply of sunshine across Alabama with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, but colder air will filter into the state tonight, and most communities will be at or below freezing early tomorrow morning.
All of the leftover shower activity from the cold front that moved through the area has now pushed out of the state, leaving Central Alabama with plenty of sunshine and a few high clouds that are only filtering out a tiny bit of the sun.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few showers on radar early this morning in a zone from near Greenville to Opelika… these will end soon and most of the state will be dry today. With a partly sunny sky we project a high in the 57-61 degree range for the northern half of the state, with 60s for South Alabama.
J.B. called it severe clear. It adds up to a beautiful day across North and Central Alabama.
A nice day is in store for Central and North Alabama with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. A few clouds will linger over southeastern sections for part of the day.
Patchy dense fog has formed across parts of Central and North Alabama where clearing has occurred. Watch for reduced visibility.
At 9:45 pm, a line of showers and storms along the cold front is making its way across the north and northwestern parts of the state.
The latest update from the Storm Prediction Center and they have removed the Slight Risk of severe storms from all of Central Alabama and has shifted the Marginal Risk mainly for the north half of the area and the extreme eastern parts.
We have a few thunderstorm cells out there across parts of the area as of 4:45 pm, with the strongest cell enting the northern parts of Lamar County and the southern parts of Marion County.
We have a few strong to severe thunderstorms out there across portions of Central Alabama as of 3:00 pm.
A cell located just southeast of Marion in Perry County is showing strong signs of broad rotation as it moves to the northeast at 30-35 MPH.
