Saturday’s Weather Xtreme: Showers Ending With Clearing Later Today

Good morning Central Alabama. Rain this morning gives away to a decent evening, while Sunday through much of the work week ahead looks to be dry with nice temperatures. As we take a look at radar as of 6:06 AM, we see some spotty shower activity over the north and central parts of the state, with the leading edge of the activity stretching from Aliceville to Hoover to Heflin. All of these showers are moving rather quickly off to the east near 40 MPH. Temperatures across Central Alabama are currently in the upper 50s to the lower 70s. Birmingham was at 68 degrees at this point.

WEATHER FOR TODAY
We have a boundary working through Central Alabama today that will bring us some light shower activity through the area. The good news is that it looks like the showers will move through rather quickly and be out of the Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Gadsden areas by 2:00 PM, and will be out of the southeastern parts of the area by sunset. Skies will begin to clear out behind that and we’ll have clear skies for much of the area by sunset. Afternoon highs top out in the mid-60s to the upper 70s from north to south. Get ready for a chill in the air as overnight lows will make it down into the 30s and 40s, by far the coldest we’ve seen so far this season.

For the Alabama-Tennessee game in Knoxville, there may be a lingering shower during the first part of the game, but skies will begin to clear out for the 2nd half. Temperatures at the 2:30 PM kickoff will be in the mid-60s and falling into the lower 60s by the final whistle.

For the Auburn-Ole Miss game in Oxford, it will nearly be the same story as up in Knoxville. A lingering shower is possible during the 1st quarter, but skies start clearing after that. Temperatures at the 11:00 AM kickoff will be in the lower 60s and warming into the upper 60s by the end of the game.

And homecoming for the UAB Blazers as they take on North Texas tonight at Legion Field, it will be a great night for college football. Clear skies throughout the game. Temperatures at the 6:30 PM kickoff will be in the mid-60s and falling to near 60 degrees by the end of the game.

SUNDAY’S WEATHER
We’ll be on the backside of the trough on Sunday as the center of low pressure will be moving off of the north Atlantic coast, and a ridge is starting to build just off to the west. This will start a stretch of wonderful weather across Central Alabama with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Highs will be in the upper 50s to the mid-60s across the area with overnight lows dipping even colder into the mid-30s to the lower 40s. The colder spots could easily drop below freezing for a little while just before sunrise on Monday morning.

THE WORK WEEK AHEAD
As I mentioned, nice weather is expected for a little while. Sunny skies with highs warming back up into the mid-60s to the lower 70s for Monday. On Tuesday, we’ll have a good bit of sunshine for the northern half of the area while partly to mostly cloudy for the southern half as the flow goes zonal. That will keep a disturbance to our south. Highs will warm back up into the lower 70s. Nearly the same story for Wednesday, as we’ll have a good bit of sunshine with a few clouds, and highs in the upper 60s to the upper 70s.

There will be a weak surface boundary that will be pushing through the area on Thursday with a center of low pressure off to our southwest. On previous model runs it was trying to move some moisture up into Central Alabama, but the latest runs of the GFS and the European model are agreeing that shower activity will stay well south of us. At this point, we’ll go with mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid-60s to the lower 70s.

On Friday, it looks like a disturbance will be moving off of the southeastern Texas coast and making a path to the northeast that will bring some shower activity to the area during the afternoon and into the evening and overnight hours. Highs will once again be in the mid-60s to the lower 70s. Next Saturday may be a pretty wet day across the area as that disturbance continues to move northeastward, but that’s out in Voodoo Land at this point.

THE TROPICS
The tropics are all quiet at this point, and nothing is expected to form in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or the Gulf of Mexico through the next 5 days.

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