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Summer Preview This Weekend

| May 1, 2020 @ 5:40 am

CHILLY START: A very dry airmass continues to cover Alabama this morning; the sky is clear with temperatures in the 40s. Here are some temperatures just before daybreak…

Fort Payne 39
Gadsden 41
Cullman 41
Hueytown 42
Weaver 42
Pell City 43
Scottsboro 43
Alexander City 44
Sylacauga 44
Decatur 44
Anniston 45
Bessemer 45
Birmingham 46
Demopolis 46
Montgomery 49
Mobile 49

Mobile is three degrees away from the record low for May 1, 46 set in 1999.

We warm into the upper 70s today with sunshine in full supply; a delightful way to start the month of May. We stay dry over the weekend with a partly to mostly sunny sky tomorrow and Sunday, and we will enjoy the warmest temperatures so far this year, with highs in the 83-86 degree range.

NEXT WEEK: After highs will remain in the 80s early in the week. A weak front will bring the chance of a few widely scattered showers to the northern third of the state Monday, but rain amounts will be light. Another front will bring a few showers Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, and then we will see cooler and drier air for the rest of the week with highs in the 70s. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

The pattern continues to look pretty dry for Alabama and the Deep South for the first half of May; output from global model ensembles suggest rain amounts only around one inch for much of the state. And, no sign of any severe weather issues for the next 7-10 days.

MAY 2003: A record-setting 516 tornadoes occurred during May 2003. In particular, during the period May 4-10, 2003, an unprecedented number of tornadoes, 393 total, affected the central and the southern United States. The tornadoes resulted in 39 deaths across four states. Six of these tornadoes were classified as violent (F4) on the Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale.

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