Midday Nowcast: Another Warm Day
The upper-ridge remains in place over the Gulf so our forecast through Sunday will will not change much. More fair nights and warm afternoons with passing clouds at times. Highs will range from the mid 70s to mid 80s across the state the next three afternoons, which are a good 15 degrees above average for this time of year. A few isolated showers could show up at times through Sunday over the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama, but even there, many places will be dry. Enjoy this great weather while you can, the weather pattern gets more active next week, more typical of March in Alabama with rain and storms, and perhaps some severe weather.
Over this weekend, west of Alabama, a major storm system will bring over two feet of snow to parts of Colorado and Wyoming over the weekend, and severe storms are possible over parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. and this system will bring changes to Alabama’s weather next week.
SPRING FORWARD: We go back on Daylight Saving Time tomorrow night…we lose an hour of sleep as the clocks will be moved forward one hour Saturday night. Sunset time Sunday evening at Birmingham will be 6:54pm CDT. Also, it is a great time to check those smoke detectors and weatherradios are working and have fresh batteries in them.
BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.
WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 110.7F at Ndjamena, Chad. The lowest observation was -85.9F at Vostok, Antarctica.
CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 94F at Zapata, TX. The lowest observation was -16F at Half Moon, WY.
WEATHER ON THIS DATE IN 1954: A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central Iowa. The ice storm isolated 153 towns in Iowa. Dust from the Great Plains caused brown snow, and hail and muddy rain over parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
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