8:30 am General Update

Much of Alabama has received rain overnight and early this morning. Since almost all of the state is still showing a deficit, we post these amounts. (Unable to access the 33/40 Skywatchers Network)

0.76 West Trussville (near downtown)
1.35 Decatur
0.85 Huntsville Airport
0.56 Muscle Shoals
1.43 Bankhead National Forest
0.72 Courtland
0.72 Cullman Ag Station
0.42 Guntersville
0.53 Muscle Shoals/TVA
0.83 Russellville Airport
0.49 Scottsboro Airport
0.39 Valley Head
0.05 Anniston Airport (rain was just arriving)
0.03 Auburn (same reason as Anniston)
0.73 Birmingham Airport
0.08 Shelby County Airport
0.17 Dothan
0.39 Tuscaloosa Airport
0.39 Pinson
0.07 Selma

Rain has mostly ended at Tuscaloosa. However, we are watching a secondary area of light rain spreading east and NE from Louisiana. We hope it will fizzle before reaching West Alabama. Kickoff for the Alabama/Auburn game at Tuscaloosa is 1:30 pm. The sparse amounts from South Alabama is because the main rain area had not reached that area when these measurements were reported. That will change.

It is a cold/raw day. Here are some 8 am spot reports:

34 at Russellville
36 cloudy, Muscle Shoals
37 light drizzle, Cullman
50 overcast Fort Payne
43 Scottsboro
32 overcast, Haleyville (yes, the freezing mark!)
48 cloudy, Tuscaloosa
74 mostly sunny, Gulf Shores
58 light rain, Mobile
52 cloudy Gadsden
53 cloudy Birmingham
53 light rain, Anniston
54 light rain, Alexander City

USA EXTREMES
94 yesterday, McAllen, Tex. (that is summerlike heat!)
12 below zero this morning at Grand Forks, North Dakota (that is NOT summerlike!)

Category: Alabama's Weather