Beneficial Rains Ahead For Alabama
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TURNING WET: Not much change in the overall forecast thinking. An upper low will slowly move eastward along the Gulf Coast in coming days, and promises to bring a big rain event to the Southeast U.S. Below is the expected rain across the nation over the next five days…
As you can see, rain amounts of 2 inches are likely for this part of the Deep South, with potential for more.
TIMING: For North and Central Alabama, we should be rain-free tomorrow morning, but scattered showers and storms should begin to develop by mid to late afternoon. Still, the most widespread rain tomorrow will be to the south and west, closer to the upper low. Then, widespread rain is likely Sunday, along with a few thunderstorms. Sunday could very well turn out to be a “wash-out” kind of day with a long duration soaking for a pretty large part of Alabama. Many communities won’t get out of the 70s Sunday because of the clouds and rain.
The rain will continue on Monday, then tapering off to the more routine scattered showers and thunderstorms Tuesday and Wednesday. Drier air invades North Alabama over the latter half of the week with showers becoming few and far between by Thursday and Friday.
GULF COAST WEATHER: Wet is the word… expect showers and thunderstorms through Monday, with potential for heavy rain at times and a few strong storms. The high will be around 80 each day with only a limited amount of sunshine. Showers will become more widely spaced by the middle part of next week with increasing amounts of sunshine.
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Category: Alabama's Weather
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