Rain Returns To Alabama Over The Weekend
COLD START: Here are some temperatures across Alabama just before daybreak…
Millport 22
Gadsden 23
Talladega 23
Pell City 23
Fort Payne 24
Cullman 24
Hueytown 25
Decatur 25
Heflin 26
Demopolis 27
Tuscaloosa 28
Montgomery 28
Birmingham 29
Mobile 32
Today will be another sunny cool day with a high in the low 50s over North Alabama, and 55-60 degrees over the southern counties. Tonight will be fair and cold with a light freeze for most places. Then, tomorrow, the sky will be partly sunny with a high in the mid 50s. Clouds increase tomorrow night.
RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND: A low pressure area moving out of the Gulf of Mexico will bring a good soaking to our state over the weekend. Best chance of rain during the day Saturday will be over the southern half the state; rain becomes widespread statewide Saturday night and Sunday. The air will be stable, so no risk of severe storms, and probably very little thunder. Rain amounts for South Alabama will be in the 2-4 inch range, and some flooding issues can’t be ruled out. Totals of 1-2 inches are likely for North/Central Alabama, with about 1/2 inch for the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama.
CHRISTMAS WEEK: The weather will be dry with pleasant afternoons and chilly nights Monday through Thursday. Expect mostly sunny days and fair nights. Highs will be in the 60s, lows in the 30s and 40s. Clouds will increase Friday, and some rain seems possible Friday night or Saturday (December 27/28), but there is great model disagreement as you might expect that far out. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
RAIN UPDATE: Here are rain totals since January 1, and the departure from average…
Mobile 61.61″ (-2.35″)
Tuscaloosa 58.47″ (+7.59″)
Huntsville 56.20″ (+4.12″)
Anniston 51.57″ (+3.49″)
Birmingham 49.89″ (-2.12″)
Montgomery 45.14″ (-5.97″)
ON THIS DATE IN 2009: Snowfall totals from 1 to 2 feet were commonplace in what will go down as one of the biggest snowstorms in history on the East Coast and the first of four snowstorms for the Mid-Atlantic during the winter of 2009-10. The 15 inches of snow measured at Reagan International Airport on Dec. 19th was the third-highest daily snowfall on any calendar day at Washington, DC, since snowfall records began in 1884. The total storm snowfall of 16.4 inches on Dec 18-19 2009 marks the 6th highest two-day snowfall record for Washington, DC putting it just below the second President’s Day storm in 2003 and ahead of the Jan 1996 storm. Baltimore Washington Airport saw 20.5 inches of snow and went down as the fifth-highest daily snowfall on any calendar day in Baltimore since snowfall records began in 1893.
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