Not Much Going On in Central Alabama at Midday as Eyes Are Focused on Laura

| August 26, 2020 @ 12:20 pm

While the main weather story is the strengthening major hurricane that is approaching the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coasts, our weather across Central Alabama has stayed rather calm this morning. North Alabama did have its fair share of rainfall this morning as a slow-moving cluster of storms dumped up to nearly 8 inches of rain in portions of Franklin County. Radar shows only some light showers remain mainly along and north of the Tennessee River.

Temperatures as of the midday roundup were in the upper 70s to the lower 90s across Central Alabama. Gadsden is the cool spot at 79 degrees with cloudy skies. Troy is much warmer as the hot spot at 92 degrees with mostly sunny skies. Birmingham was sitting at 85 degrees with partly sunny skies.

We’ll have a chance of a few scattered showers and storms during the afternoon and into the early evening hours, but most locations will remain dry. Afternoon highs will be hot reaching the lower to mid-90s across the area from north to south. An isolated shower and storm may linger into the later evening hours, but all activity should be over by the start to the late-night hours. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy with lows hitting the lower to mid-70s.

Just a quick look at Friday’s weather as Laura will be passing by to the north on her way back out of the southeast and back over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Rain and storms look to be likely at this point with the potential of a few of those to become strong to severe over the extreme northern and northwestern parts of Central Alabama. Damaging winds up to 60 MPH and a brief tornado will be the main threats. This is, of course, all determined on the exact path that Laura takes when she moves eastward and back out to sea. Just a few miles to the north or south makes a big difference in the forecast. We’ll keep you updated.

Category: Alabama's Weather, ALL POSTS, Severe Weather

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Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.

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