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Cool, Wet Day; A Brighter/Warmer Weekend

| April 4, 2013 @ 5:52 am

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CHILLY, DAMP APRIL DAY: The average high for Birmingham on April 4 is 71 degrees; we will be about 15 degrees below that level again today thanks to clouds and rain… it will be very hard for us to move past the mid 50s. A surface low in the northern Gulf is the culprit, and should bring additional rain amounts of about 1/2 inch to the northern half of the state today.

Of course, the air is cool and stable and we won’t have any severe weather worries… but to the south much of the Florida peninsula is in the warm sector, and severe storms are very possible later and tonight, mainly along and south of I-10. SPC has the standard “slight risk” of severe weather up for this part of Florida.

Our weather improves tomorrow with gradual clearing, and we rise into the mid 60s.

FINE WEEKEND: No change in our weekend forecast. Just fantastic… sunny mild days Saturday and Sunday with highs in the mid 70s. We do note Saturday morning will be cool; we start the day with temperatures around 40, and some of the cold pockets up in Northeast Alabama might see a touch of light frost with lows in the mid 30s. But, for a large majority of Alabama no frost issues early Saturday.

NEXT WEEK: A major storm system will take shape west of the state, and we will enjoy potentially the warmest weather so far in 2013, with highs in the 77-81 degree range Monday through Wednesday.

There is no doubt we could be dealing with a severe weather threat later in the week… the 00Z GFS hints the best chance will come from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, but please understand there is no way right now of resolving the magnitude of the event, modes of severe weather, risk placement, and timing. You will have lots of boneheads that have “weather center” Facebook pages or blogs that will try and scare the pants off of people now, which is completely irresponsible. Weather hyperbole on the Internet has gotten out of hand.

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AT THE BEACH: More showers and storms on the Gulf Coast today, but the sky will clear tomorrow, and then you can expect a good supply of sunshine over the weekend, and into Monday of next week. The high today will be in the upper 60s, but low to mid 70s return tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday from Panama City west to Gulf Shores. The sea water temperature at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, as I write this early this morning, is 63 degrees.

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I have weather programs today for a home school group at Riverchase Baptist Church…then one at Southminster School in Vestavia. Not sure if I will have time to produce an afternoon video due to the live shot/weather radio programming event in McCalla, but I will have forecast notes here one way or another by 4:00 this afternoon. Enjoy the day…

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James Spann is one of the most recognized and trusted television meteorologists in the industry. He holds the AMS CCM designation and television seals from the AMS and NWA. He is a past winner of the Broadcast Meteorologist of the Year from both professional organizations.

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