Here Comes The Sun

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Ahhh… the Beatles…

“Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s alright

Little darling
It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it’s been here

Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s alright”

Thanks to James from Tuscaloosa for that suggestion; very appropriate with the sun now breaking out across the state for the first time in days.

TOMORROW: We are still promising a beautiful day to wrap up the work week, with ample sunshine and a high in the low 70s. The weather around here will finally feel like spring.

WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM: Saturday will be mild and breezy with a mix of sun and clouds. We might even reach the mid 70s Saturday afternoon, ahead of a cold front that will bring sharp changes Sunday.

STORMY SUNDAY MORNING: The models continue to trend deeper and slower with our weekend system. The NAM and the GFS hint the best chance of rain and storms will come from 2:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Dynamics are very impressive with very high uvv values, but the thermodynamics remain very weak with no surface based instability. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for details; should we actually wind up with some instability, severe storms could very well be a possibility. We are projecting rain amounts of 1/2 to 1 inch statewide.

And, as the storms move out during the midday hours Sunday, colder air moves in. Sunday looks like a day with a high around 60 degrees just prior to the arrival of the storms, followed by temperatures falling into the mid to upper 40s during the afternoon with lingering clouds and a brisk northwest wind.

NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS keeps moisture over Alabama Monday, with low clouds and even some risk of drizzle during the morning hours. This solution will keep everybody above freezing; the GFS MOS shows a low of 39 degrees for Birmingham early Monday. The high will be limited to the low 50s Monday if the clouds do indeed hang around. Tuesday and Wednesday will be dry and warmer, with a high around 70 Wednesday. Then, our weather turns wet again with periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm or two on Thursday and Friday.

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