Cool With Showers At Midday, But Much Nicer On Friday

CONDITIONS AT 12:15 PM: Scattered to numerous showers continue to move across North and Central Alabama during the midday hour on your Thursday, with the heavier precipitation falling along and just north of a line from Sulligent to Cullman to Boaz. All of the shower activity is moving to the east-northeast at around 35-40 MPH. Temperatures across Central Alabama were running in the lower 40s to the upper 50s. Birmingham was at 48 degrees while the warm spot was Eufaula at 59 degrees. A few locations were tied at 43 degrees to make those the cool spots.

WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR THURSDAY: We’ll continue to have scattered showers moving across the area for the rest of the afternoon and into the early evening hours, but coverage of these showers will decrease somewhat during the late night and overnight hours. The higher rain chances will be along and north of the I-20 corridor during the day, but those will even out to around 40-50% during the night. Today’s highs will top out in the upper 40s to the upper 50s across Central Alabama, while tonight’s lows will be in the lower 40s to the lower 50s.

FRIDAY’S WEATHER: Friday will be a much nicer and much warmer day across Central Alabama. Unfortunately, this quick warm-up could lead to the potential for strong to severe storms for Saturday. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy with afternoon highs in the upper 50s to the mid-60s. There may be a few lingering showers over the southeastern parts of the area (south of I-85), but those rain chances will be less than 20% for any one spot. More clouds and scattered to numerous showers and a few thunderstorms will move into the western parts of the area just after midnight, but the threat for stronger to severe weather doesn’t arrive in Central Alabama until around 10:00 am on Saturday morning. Friday’s lows will be in the upper 40s to the mid-50s.

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