Just After Midday, Showers Continue To Stream In Across The Area

As of 1:15 PM on this first Wednesday afternoon of 2019, we continue to have scattered to numerous light to moderate showers move across mainly the northern half of Central Alabama, with a few pockets of showers down in the southeastern parts of the area. The heavier rain is occurring over northwestern parts of Jefferson County and in the western parts of Walker County. All of the activity is continuing to move to the northeast, but the rainfall will not come to an end anytime soon as showers continue to stream in from the southwest as far west as east-central Texas. Temperatures are in the upper 40s to the mid-50s for the northern half of the area, and in the mid-50s to the lower 70s for the southern half. Eufaula is the warm spot at 71 degrees while the cool spot is Haleyville at 48 degrees. Birmingham was at 54 degrees.

WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR “HUMP DAY”
Showers will continue to stream across Central Alabama throughout the remainder of the daytime and into the early evening hours, especially over the northern half of the area (along and north of the I-20 corridor). Rainfall will not be continuous as we’ll have some breaks in the action, but rain is likely at any point of the day. We still have a cold front that has stalled out over the southern parts of the area and afternoon highs reflect that difference. North of the front, highs will be in the lower 50s to the lower 60s… along and south of the front in the lower 60s to the lower 70s. The shower activity will begin to move more to the southeast and all of the area will have scattered to numerous showers moving through. Overnight lows will be in the lower 40s to the upper 50s.

MORE RAIN ON THURSDAY
Showers look to continue to be likely once again throughout the entire day on Thursday across all of Central Alabama. At this point, rainfall should be light to moderate in nature until we get to the evening and overnight hours. Heavier rain will move into the western parts of the area during the evening and slowly progress through the area until the action finally moves out by midday on Friday. There may be just enough instability for a few claps of thunder over the southern parts of the area, but no severe weather is expected. With the heavier amounts of rain expected over the west and southwestern parts of the area, we could see some flooding along the Tombigbee River especially near Demopolis. Thursday’s highs will be in the lower 50s to the mid-60s across the area from northwest to southeast. By the time the system is out of here, rainfall amounts could total up to 1.25 to 2.50 inches throughout the area, with some localized heavier amounts.

STATS FROM NEW YEAR’S DAY
The warmest high from across the state took place in Dothan at 79 degrees, while the coolest high was recorded in Huntsville at 60 degrees. The coolest low was recorded in Decatur at 43 degrees. Evergreen recorded the highest rainfall amount across the state at 0.54 inches. Believe it or not, no rain was recorded at Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, and Selma.

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ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY
1910 – A great flood in Utah and Nevada washed out 100 miles of railroad between Salt Lake City UT and Los Angeles CA causing seven million dollars damage.

1961 – The coldest temperature of record for the state of Hawaii was established with a reading of 14 degrees atop Haleakala Summit.

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