At Midday, The Flash Flood Watch Has Been Allowed To Expire

As of 12:10 pm, we continue to have shower activity mainly north of the I-59 corridor for the northern parts of the area and mainly south of the I-20 corridor east of I-65 in the east and southeastern parts of Central Alabama. While there are pockets of moderate rainfall showing up, the good news is that most of the activity is light in nature. The better news is that the radar is clear as far back as you can see into eastern Mississippi, which means rain will be coming to an end soon.

“How soon?” you may ask. The latest run of the HRRR has the rain out of the Birmingham metropolitan area around 2:00 pm and out of the rest of the eastern parts of the area just one hour later. That is even better news for the fishing fans who will be heading to Uptown Birmingham near the BJCC for tonight’s kickoff for The Bassmaster Classic.

Temperatures as of the 12:00 pm Round-Up were in the 50s across the area, ranging from as cool as 50 degrees in Haleyville, to as warm as 58 degrees in Montgomery. Birmingham was sitting at 52 degrees.

As the title of the post stated, the Flash Flood Watch for much of Central Alabama was allowed to expire as the heaviest rains have moved out of the area. We’ll continue to have the potential for areal flooding as runoff will continue to make water levels rise on the area rivers, especially for those near and south of I-20.

Areal flooding is flooding that develops more gradually, usually from prolonged and persistent moderate to heavy rainfall. This results in a gradual ponding or buildup of water in low-lying, flood-prone areas, as well as small creeks and streams. The flooding normally occurs more than six hours after the rainfall begins, and may cover a large area. However, even though this type of flooding develops more slowly than flash flooding, it can still be a threat to life and property.

So for the rest of your Thursday, rainfall will be coming to an end during the afternoon hours from west to east and skies will begin to slowly clear after the rain moves out. Afternoon highs look to reach the mid-50s to the lower 60s. A cold front will move through tonight which will continue to bring drier air into the area. Clouds will continue to decrease with overnight lows dropping into the upper 30s to the mid-40s. If you’re wondering about temperatures this evening and tonight, they will start off in the lower to mid-50s around 6:00 pm and will drop into the upper 40s to the lower 50s around 9:00 pm. If you’re out and about tonight in the southern parts of the area, patchy dense fog will be possible, so be careful out there while driving.

The glowing orb of sunshine will return to greet us across Central Alabama, not only for your Friday but for the weekend as well. Friday will feature maximum sunshine with below-normal temperatures as highs will range from the lower 50s in the north to the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in the south. Saturday will be a near repeat, but highs will make it into the upper 50s to the lower 60s. Sunday will be warmer still but we’ll have a few clouds move across a mostly sunny sky. Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s.

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