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RADAR CHECK: Rain is falling across parts of Alabama this morning; heaviest is over the northeast part of the state, thanks to an upper air low near the Georgia border. Expect a mostly cloudy sky today with a few periods of rain likely; the most widespread rain will come over North and East Alabama. We […]
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today; forecast notes below from Ryan Stinnett** THE REST OF TODAY: Plenty of sunshine and very warm weather continues across Central Alabama today. Temperatures this afternoon are ranging from the lower to upper 80s. There is the threat of a few showers over eastern and southeastern portions of the area, […]
ANOTHER WARM DAY: We project a high in the mid 80s across North/Central Alabama today… a little above the average high of 82 for September 24 (for Birmingham). The sky will be partly sunny, and showers this afternoon will be widely spaced, with the higher risk over the eastern counties of the state. TOMORROW AND […]
WARM AFTERNOON: Temperatures are in the low to mid 80s in most places this afternoon, very close to seasonal averages for the first day of autumn in Alabama. No rain is on radar, and the sky will remain mostly fair tonight. Tomorrow looks warm again and generally dry, with only a small (10 percent) risk […]
HELLO FALL: The autumnal equinox was at 3:22 this morning; we have approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness today as the sun is directly over the equator. Understand there is no magic cool-down on the first day of fall; our average high today is 83, so warm weather continues across the […]
RADAR CHECK: As expected, we have a few widely scattered showers on radar this afternoon south and east of Birmingham… they are moving slowly to the southwest… These showers will fade away soon after sunset, and the sky will be mostly fair late tonight. TOMORROW: The chance of a shower is so small I think […]
RADAR CHECK: At daybreak showers are mostly confined to Southeast Alabama… south of I-85, and east of I-65… To the north, the weather is clear and cool; Cullman reports 50 degrees at 6:00 a.m. THE DAY AHEAD: The best chance of showers will stay over Southeast Alabama today, but a few isolated showers could form […]
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RADAR CHECK: Most of the light rain is now south of I-59, and the rain will continue to end from northwest to southeast during the next few hours. The sky becomes mostly fair tonight in the wake of the short wave that produced the light rain today. REST OF THE WEEK: Tomorrow looks mostly dry; […]
RADAR CHECK: A short wave is interacting with some tropical moisture this morning across Alabama, producing areas of light rain. We even note a few thunderstorms over the southern half of the state. Showers will end from west to east later today; we project a high in the mid to upper 70s today due to […]
A cold front lies across South Alabama this afternoon with a surge of drier air entering Northwest Alabama. Dewpoints have plunged from 64F to 54F at Muscle Shoals in the past four hours. This drier air will work into the I-20 Corridor overnight and Monday dewpoints in places like Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Anniston will be […]
Central Alabama is waking up to mostly clear skies and like yesterday there is a little fog being reported in a few locations, but visibilities were not severely restricted. The fog should quickly burn off by 8 am or so with a mostly sunny day in store for Central Alabama. The front we spoke of […]
The last Saturday of summer is certainly feeling and looking like it. We are seeing mainly sunny conditions, and temperatures are well into the upper 80s and lower 90s across Central Alabama this afternoon. A weak front is moving across the Southeast today and will be pushing through the state tonight. Very little moisture ahead […]
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