Calm in Alabama This Weekend
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THIS AFTERNOON: What a delightful spring day. We are enjoying a brilliantly sunny sky with temperatures in the 70s across the great state of Alabama this afternoon.
OUR WEEKEND: Our weekend looks good; generally dry and warmer with a partly sunny sky both days. The high tomorrow will be near 80, with low 80s likely Sunday. We will go ahead and insert the chance of a few isolated showers in the forecast Sunday afternoon, but most places should stay dry despite increasing humidity values.
TO THE WEST: A very dangerous weather situation is unfolding tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night from near the Red River (along the Texas/Oklahoma border) north into parts of Nebraska and Iowa. SPC has defined a high risk of severe weather for parts of the Great Plains, where they call it a “high end, life threatening situation”. Violent, long track tornadoes are likely in this region, that includes places like Oklahoma City, Wichita, and Omaha. If you know somebody in this zone, it is worth a call, text message, or social media message to let them know of the situation.
NEXT WEEK: Upper support weakens, and shear and instability values are pretty marginal in Alabama with the system over the Plains finally moves into our state early in the week, so severe weather here looks very unlikely at this point. We will mention a chance of showers and thunderstorms on both Monday and Tuesday, with rain amounts of 1/2 to one inch likely. Drier air begins to move into North Alabama Tuesday night, and the latter half of the week looks dry with warm afternoons (highs around 80).
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I enjoyed speaking to the employees of Royal Cup today at Regions Park… what a great group of people. Brian Peters will have the video updates here tomorrow and Sunday; my next Weather Xtreme video will be posted bright and early Monday morning by 7:00 a.m. Enjoy the weekend!
Category: Alabama's Weather
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