Cooler With Occasional Rain Through Saturday
RADAR CHECK: A large area of rain with a few embedded thunderstorms is moving across North Alabama at mid-afternoon… the rain is near a very slow moving surface front that has set up a wide range of weather conditions today. Temperatures are in the 60s north and west of the front, but to the south we seeing 80 again over the southern 2/3 of the state. The front will continue to sag southward tonight, and will be near U.S. 80 tomorrow (Demopolis to Montgomery to Opelika). A few periods of rain are likely tonight over the northern half Alabama.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: We expect occasional rain tomorrow and Saturday statewide. There will be some breaks in the rain along the way, but the chance of it raining at any one point each day will be in the 60-70 percent range. Highs drop into the 60s over the northern third of the state tomorrow, with 70s for South Alabama. Many North Alabama communities won’t get out of the 50s Saturday, a good 15 degrees below average for mid-April.
Dry air returns Saturday night, and Easter Sunday looks very pleasant with ample sunshine along with highs in the 65-75 degree range.
NEXT WEEK: Much of Alabama will be dry Monday and Tuesday, but rain will likely return during the mid-week period as a disturbance in the northern Gulf of Mexico drifts northward. Highs will be mostly in the 70s… See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.
ON THIS DATE IN 1973: On this date through the 8th, a major spring snowstorm dumped 11.6 inches of snow across Denver, Colorado. Most of the heavy wet snow of 10.1 inches fell on the 7th when temperatures remained in the 20s. The low temperature of 5 degrees on the 8th was a new record low for the date and the lowest for so late in the season.
ON THIS DATE IN 2007: In Cleveland, Ohio on the 6th to the 9th: The opening-season series between the Indians and Minnesota Twins is wiped out by a snowstorm and a cold snap. The Indians led 4-0 when their home opener Friday on the 6th was called off by umpires because of heavy snow. The grounds crew who tried to make the field playable with backpack blowers and brooms spent more time on the field than the players during nearly three hours of stoppages. About a foot of snow remained on the ground Monday afternoon the 9th.
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Look for the next video briefing here by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow…
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