Midday Nowcast: Mainly Cloudy with Lingering Showers
It remains a mostly cloudy day with some lingering showers over the northern half of the state. It is cooler and breezy with temperatures struggling to climb out of the 60s.
Tonight, the rain will wind down and it will be a chilly night as lows fall into the 40s.
BIRMINGHAM ALMANAC: For April 11th, the average high for Birmingham is 74° and the average low is 51°. The record high is 86° set in 2011, while the record low is 26° set in 1973. We average 0.18” of precipitation on this date, and the record value is 2.80” set in 1900.
ACROSS THE USA: Severe thunderstorms will shift into the Ohio Valley, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic today. The main threats will be a few tornadoes, isolated large hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall will be possible from the southern/central Appalachians to the northern Mid-Atlantic. A strong Bering storm continues to push into Southwest Alaska producing blizzard conditions through today.
TOMORROW & THE WEEKEND: Expect tons of sunshine tomorrow and highs in the low 70s. The weekend will be warm and dry, featuring lots of sunshine Saturday and Sunday; expect highs around 80° Saturday and low 80s on Sunday. Lows will be in the mid 40s Saturday morning; this will be our coldest morning. Lows Sunday will be in the low to mid 50s.
NEXT WEEK: An upper ridge will set the stage for the warmest week so far this year with daily highs in the low to mid 80s. There could even be some upper 80s across South Alabama through the week. The ridge will also keep the big rain producers west and north of the Deep South and most of the week looks dry. However, a few showers are possible late Thursday and into Friday, but this doesn’t look like a severe storm setup.
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 115.7F at Joba, Oman. The lowest observation was -90.6F at Concordia, Antarctica.
CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 95F at Palm Springs and Thermal, CA. The lowest observation was 5F at Peter Sinks, UT and Foxpark, WY.
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