Great Weather Today, Rain Returns Tomorrow

Terrific weather across Alabama today, if you can, get out and enjoy it, because it will not last. We are seeing tons of sunshine, but we note clouds are beginning to increase in coverage across southern portions of the state, and these are heading north.

We are all into the 70s this afternoon, and with our winds switching around from the south, moisture levels will begin to increase ahead of our next system to the west.

USA BRIEF: A low pressure system moving across the southern Gulf States will bring a threat of isolated severe thunderstorms containing hail and damaging winds this weekend. Fire Weather threats remain elevated for portions of western Texas and along the New Mexico border. Cooler than normal temperatures continue in the east, while above normal temperatures are forecast for the west coast.

LYRID METEOR SHOWER: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. If forecasters are correct, the Lyrids will peak this weekend with as many as 20 meteors per hour–a minor display compared to greater showers like the Perseids and Geminids later in the year. However, dense clumps of dust in Thatcher’s debris stream sometimes produce unexpected outbursts.

RAINY TIMES AHEAD: The sky becomes mostly cloudy overnight, and rain should reach western Alabama by late tonight and increase in coverage and intensity through the day on Sunday as the surface low will track slowly eastward across Alabama tomorrow afternoon and evening. Tomorrow will be pretty wet at times with showers and a few thunderstorms across South Alabama. We do not expect severe weather for the northern two-thirds of Alabama, and I doubt we hear any thunder. We note the SPC maintains a “marginal risk” for severe weather in areas south of a line from Demopolis to Greenville to Dothan, where a few storms over the southern counties of the state could produce gusty winds.

This just doesn’t look like severe weather for Alabama, still we will watch things. Highs will be cool in the 60s for most locations. The main threat with this system will be the copious amounts of rain which are expected. Rain amounts between 1 and 3 inches for much of the state.

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