Now It’s Starting To Get Warm Out There… Feels Like May At Midday

It’s an absolute fabulous day across Central Alabama as we make the run up to the noon hour on this first Wednesday in May. The only complaint that I have about today is the tornado siren nearly scared me to death when it started sounding at 10:00 AM for its monthly test. There are not that many clouds out there at all, and all locations are getting plenty of sunshine. Temperatures at 11:30 AM were running in the upper 70s to the lower 80s throughout Central Alabama from north to south. Birmingham was sitting at 82 degrees, which is actually the warm spot in the area at this time. Jasper is reading 82 degrees as well, but we all know that their reporting stations usually runs a few degrees warmer than actual when in direct sunshine.

We’ll continue to have mainly clear skies throughout the rest of the daylight hours with warm temperatures, and those clear skies will carry over into the late night and overnight hours. Afternoon highs will top out in the mid to upper 80s, while overnight lows drop into the upper 50s to the mid-60s.

If you notice back to our west and northwest, much of the Plains states will be dealing with strong to severe storms throughout the day. There is a large swath stretching from southern Texas all of the way up to the Great Lakes that has been defined in some sort of risk of severe storms today, with a Moderate Risk up for parts of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. All modes of severe weather is expected: swaths of damaging winds, large destructive hail, and several tornadoes (some of which could be rather strong). This system will eventually make its way into Central Alabama by the beginning of the weekend, but it will be much weaker and severe storms are not likely at this point.

On This Day In Weather History
1929 – Virginia’s worst tornado disaster occurred. Six tornadoes, two of which were west of the Blue Mountains, killed 22 people. Twelve children and a teacher were killed at Rye Cove, in Scott County. Four schools were destroyed by the storms.

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