A combination of high shear and some surface-based CAPE will work into West Alabama later tonight. Any stronger updrafts that can maintain themselves later tonight will have the potential to produce tornadoes and damaging winds.
Showers and some thunder continues to lift northward across SOuth and South Central Alabama tonight. Severe weather is still a possibility later tonight.
The active severe weather systems that have created havoc statewide throughout the year are forecast to continue on the final day of 2020.
We continue to monitor a low-end severe weather threat for North Central Alabama tonight with a higher threat for South Central and South Alabama. Pay attention to the latest updates through the evening and have a reliable way to receive warnings late tonight and early tomorrow.
There is a threat of severe weather late tonight and Friday morning across much of Central Alabama, including damaging winds and a few tornadoes. The greatest threat is south of US-80 from Demopolis to Montgomery to Phenix City, but everyone should make sure they are able to hear warnings overnight and early tomorrow.
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This mid-morning update on the developing severe weather potential show that there is not that big of changes with the forecast with the exception that pressure gradient winds should stay below advisory criteria outside of thunderstorms.
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We’ll have showers and storms invade the area during the afternoon hours today, before the potential of strong to severe storms move in during the late-night hours tonight and through the early afternoon hours of New Year’s Day.
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We have shifted the timing of tomorrow night’s severe weather threat to begin at about 10 p.m. for Central Alabama running through early Friday afternoon over southeastern sections of the area. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible with the highest risk over southwestern portions of the area.
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Today is a dry day with plenty of sunshine and highs in the 60s and low 70s, but look for increasing clouds tonight ahead of our next storm system which causes some concern for the potential of strong and severe storms.
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
