Are You “Cirrus” It’s Still Cool Outside At Midday?

CONDITIONS AT MIDDAY

We have a good supply of sunshine across Central Alabama as we have reached the noon hour on this fine Monday, with only some whispy cirrus clouds filtering the sun’s rays just a little. I apologize for the horrible pun that I used for the post title. Temperatures at this point are running from the mid-50s to the lower 60s throughout the area. Eufaula is currently the warm spot at 61º, while a few locations are tied as the cool spot at 51º. Birmingham is currently at 54º.

MIGHTY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
The low temperature reports for this morning have come in, and we can see that it was a downright cold morning out there across Central Alabama. Here is a list of the colder temperatures…

21º… Forney (Cherokee County)
22º… Hamilton (Marion County)
23º… Highland Lake (Blount County)
23º… Pinson (Jefferson County)
23º… Jasper (Walker County)
24º… Selma (Dallas County)
24º… Haleyville (Winston County)

Most of the readings came in at or below freezing, with only a few locations mainly in the larger city centers and in the southern parts of Central Alabama staying just above freezing. The warmest low temperature recorded was 38º at Clayton in Barbour County.

YOUR WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY

With high pressure in control of our weather today, we’ll continue to see mostly clear skies with only a few whispy cirrus clouds overhead. After a very cold start, the afternoon highs will warm nicely, but will still fall slightly below our normal temperatures for this time of the year. Highs across the area will be in the upper 50s to the lower 60s throughout Central Alabama. Mostly clear skies will start off the evening hours, but we’ll have increasing clouds in the eastern parts of the area overnight. Lows will be much warmer tonight, dropping into the mid-30s to the mid-40s. A few of the colder locations could drop below freezing for a little while, but not as bone-chilling as this morning.

TUESDAY WILL FEATURE A FEW MORE CLOUDS & WARMER TEMPERATURES

Much of Central Alabama will have mostly clear skies with the exception of the east and southeastern parts, where partly to mostly cloudy skies and a slight chance of a shower will persist throughout the day and into the evening hours. A weak boundary will bring slightly cooler air in on Wednesday to the area, but showers out ahead of it along the Gulf Coast will be forced a little northward due to the flow around high pressure that is located over the western Atlantic. This will be where the slight chance of rain comes into the picture for locations along and south of the I-85 corridor. Rainfall amounts will only total a tenth of an inch or less, and will be mainly out of the area by sunrise on Wednesday. Afternoon highs will be in the lower to mid-60s, with lows in the upper 30s to the upper 40s.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1900 – An unusual tornado outbreak in the Lower Mississippi Valley resulted in 73 deaths and extensive damage across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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