Weather Xtreme: Dry & Sunny Today, A Few Showers Possible Late on Sunday

Scott Martin | December 5, 2020 @ 4:00 am

THE CENTRAL ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday will be a dry and cool day across Central Alabama with near-maximum sunshine through the daylight hours. Some clouds will move in from the south and southwest during the late-night and overnight hours, but we’ll stay dry. Afternoon highs will be in the mid-50s to the lower 60s across the area.

We could see a few isolated light showers across portions of Central Alabama on Sunday as a weak system will be moving through during the afternoon and evening hours. Almost everyone will stay dry as rain chances are very small, but skies will be mostly cloudy throughout the day. Highs will be in the lower 50s to right at or just below 60 degrees.

NEXT WEEK: Clouds will be moving out of the area on Monday and dry weather returns for nearly the entire work week ahead. Skies will start off partly to mostly cloudy, but will end up mostly clear by sunset. Highs will be in the upper 40s to the mid-50s.

Tuesday through Thursday will be dry featuring near-maximum sunshine on each day. Highs will start off in the upper 40s to the lower 50s on Tuesday, climbing into the mid to upper 50s for “Hump Day,” and into the upper 50s to the mid-60s by Thursday afternoon.

Much of Friday looks to be dry at this point, but a surface low will be getting its act together and the associated cold front will be approaching the area, which may bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms to the area by late Friday. At this point, those rain chances look small, but we’ll keep our eye on the models. By the way, the European model is showing no precipitation at all on Friday, so we’ll get a better idea in the next few runs. Highs will be in the upper 50s to the mid-60s.

THE TROPICS: No issues across the Atlantic Basin and no tropical cyclones are expected to form over the next 120 hours.

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY: 1953 – A killer tornado hit Vicksburg MS killing 38 persons, injuring 270 others, and causing 25 million dollars of damage, the most damage since the forty-seven days of continuous shelling the town received in the Civil War.

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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.