Late Morning Update: Clouds and Wet at Times

It is mainly cloudy with temperatures mainly in the 70s today. An approaching cold front is allowing for showers and storms today across the state. These will continue through the afternoon and into the evening hours. Late morning, radar update shows most of the activity is south of the Birmingham area across Central Alabama, while there are some scattered showers across East Alabama. We continue to see these occasional showers and storms at times the into the overnight hours

The SPC maintains maintains the low end, “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms for Northeast Alabama today.

A few storms there could produce small hail and gusty winds this afternoon and early tonight, but with limited instability and weak dynamic forcing, the overall threat is pretty low. Rain amounts should be under 1/2 inch through tonight.

FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER RETURNS: The front clears the state tonight, allowing a new surge of dry air to drop into the state, allowing for another great weekend of fall weather. Tomorrow will be a beautiful, fall day for Alabama with sunshine in full supply; expect highs in the mid 70s. The great weather will continue through the weekend with dry conditions and slowly moderating temperatures as highs return to the upper 70s Saturday and closer to 80° Sunday afternoon. Lows will be in the 40s and 50s this weekend.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: The sky will be clear for high school football games across Alabama tomorrow night with temperatures falling through the 60s.

For the college games Saturday…

CHATTANOOGA AT SAMFORD (12:00p CT kickoff at Seibert Stadium): Dry and mild with a mostly sunny sky… temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s.

JACKSONVILLE STATE AT SAM HOUSTON STATE (2:00p CT kickoff in Huntsville, Texas): It will be sunny day; expect a temperature near 77 at kickoff, falling back into the low 70s by the final whistle.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT NORTH ALABAMA (2:00p CT kickoff at Braly Stadium): The sky will be sunny… the kickoff temperature will be close to 75 degrees, falling into the upper 60s by the end of the game.

RICE AT UAB (2:30p CT kickoff at Protective Stadium): The sky will be mostly sunny with a kickoff temperature near 77 degrees, falling into the low 70s by the fourth quarter.

DELTA STATE AT WEST ALABAMA (4:00p CT kickoff at Tiger Stadium): The sky will be mostly clear. About 79 degrees at kickoff, low 70s by the final whistle.

RHODES COLLEGE AT BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN (4:30p CT kickoff at General Krulak Stadium): The sky will be clear during the game… temperatures will fall from near 77 at kickoff into the 60s by the fourth quarter.

TENNESSEE AT ALABAMA (6:00p kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium): We expect a clear sky with temperatures falling from near 74 at kickoff, into the mid 60s by the final whistle.

SOUTH ALABAMA AT LOUISIANA-MONROE (6:00p CT kickoff in Monroe, LA): Expect a clear sky… temperatures will fall from 82 at kickoff, then through the 70s during the game.

TROPICS: All remains quiet across the Atlantic basin this morning, and tropical storm formation is not expected through the weekend.

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 116.1F at Kroonstad, South Africa. The lowest observation was -89.1F at University Dome, Antarctica.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 98F at Rio Grande Village, TX. The lowest observation was 11F at Peter Sinks, UT.

WEATHER ON THIS DATE IN 1934: A severe windstorm lashed the northern Pacific coast. In Washington State, the storm claimed the lives of 22 persons, and caused 1.7 million dollars damage, mostly to timber. Winds, gusting to 87 mph at North Head WA, produced waves twenty feet high.

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