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At Midday: A Few Showers In The West, Sun In The East

| November 19, 2018 @ 11:37 am

While much of the eastern half of Central Alabama is enjoying mostly clear skies and a good bit of sunshine, the west and northwestern parts of the area are seeing a good bit of cloud cover at 11:15 am.

We do have a few scattered showers moving into the western parts of the area, mainly in Lamar and Pickens counties, with a few more spotty showers over parts of Winston and Walker counties. Those in Lamar and Pickens are reaching the ground as those are decent returns on the radar, but Winston and Walker counties may be experiencing virga at this point. Temperatures were in the mid-50s to the mid-60s across the area from northwest to southeast, with Birmingham tied with Montgomery and Uniontown as the warm spots at 66 degrees. Haleyville was the cool spot underneath cloud cover at 54 degrees.

Looking at the latest model data from the HRRR, showers associated with a cold front will begin entering the western parts of Central Alabama right around the 3:00-5:00 pm window and progress to the east. Showers should reach the Birmingham metropolitan area in the 4:00-6:00 pm time frame, and the Gadsden/Anniston areas by the 5:00-7:00 pm window. Rain looks to be scattered in nature and amounts will not be that heavy only coming in around 1/4-inch or less. Rainfall should be completely out of the area before sunrise on Tuesday.

We’ll have a chance of a few scattered showers throughout the late morning and early afternoon before rain chances increase as the cold front moves in by the early evening hours. Afternoon highs will make it up into the upper 50s to the upper 60s across the area from northwest to southeast. Shower chances will remain likely during the late night and into the pre-dawn hours, but all shower activity should be out of Central Alabama before dawn. Overnight lows will be in the mid-30s to the lower 50s.

After the cold front moves through tonight and into the overnight hours, Tuesday’s weather will be about 5-10 degrees cooler across the area than what we’ll see today. Skies will begin to clear out and afternoon highs will top out in the lower 50s to the lower 60s across Central Alabama from northwest to southeast. Mainly clear skies for tomorrow night with overnight lows back down into the upper 20s to the upper 30s.

No areas of interest across the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or the Caribbean Sea, and no new tropical cyclone development is expected throughout the next 5 days. Only 11 more days of the Atlantic Hurricane Season left for 2018.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY: 1988 – Strong thunderstorms developed during the mid-morning hours and produced severe weather across eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley into the wee hours of the night. Thunderstorms spawned twenty-one tornadoes, including thirteen in Mississippi. One tornado killed two persons and injured eleven others at Nettleton MS, and another tornado injured eight persons at Tuscaloosa AL. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail in east Texas and northern Louisiana, and Summit MS was deluged with six inches of rain in four hours.

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.

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