Weekend Warm-Up Ahead
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WARM-UP COMING: Temperatures are generally in the 40s across our state this morning, with some 30s over the colder pockets of Northeast Alabama. The warm-up begins this afternoon as we rise into the mid 70s with a good supply of sunshine. Another delightful spring day.
OUR WEEKEND: Afternoon temperatures will rise to near 80 tomorrow, with low 80s possible Sunday as the warming trend continues. The sky will be partly sunny over the weekend, and despite rising humidity levels we still don’t expect any significant chance of rain. We might consider mentioning a few isolated showers Sunday afternoon, but for now the risk of an one spot getting wet looks so small we won’t mention it in the forecast.
TO THE WEST: SPC has issued a rare “high risk” of severe weather for parts of Oklahoma and Kansas tomorrow, calling it a “high end, life threatening situation”. Pretty scary wording. No doubt the players are on the field, but we won’t really know the mesoscale setup until tomorrow at midday. Needless to say, all of our friends across the Southern Plains will be on high alert.
NEXT WEEK: The good news is that the system that is expected to produce a major tornado outbreak over the nation’s breadbasket will weaken by the time it reaches us, and the severe weather parameters continue to look very marginal. We might see showers or storms as early as Monday, but the most widespread coverage should come on Tuesday. Rain amounts of 1/2 to 1 inch look likely, and the rain should move out late Tuesday night. We will keep a close eye on developments over the weekend, but again at this point it looks like we will get away with only a very small risk of severe weather here, thankfully.
The latter half of the week will be dry and warm with a high around 80 Wednesday through Friday. See the Weather Xtreme video for more details and long range ideas.
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