Wonderful Weekend Ahead
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BRIGHTER AND WARMER: As expected, the sky cleared nicely across Alabama today… we are enjoying ample sunshine this afternoon with temperatures in the 60s. Tonight will be clear and cool; most places will drop into the low 40s, but some of the colder pockets over North Alabama might see mid to upper 30s with a touch of light frost.
The weekend will start with a sunny day tomorrow along with a high in the mid 70s. A few high clouds will show up Sunday, but the day will remain mostly sunny, and we reach the mid 70s again.
NEXT WEEK: We will warm into the 77-81 degree range Monday and Tuesday, and we stay dry on those two days. But, to the west, a significant severe weather setup will bring some very active weather to the Southern Plains.
Model consistency for Alabama on this event remains poor. All of a sudden, the 12Z GFS is much faster, and brings the band of storms into Alabama during the day Wednesday…
There is no dominate surface low nearby, and instability and shear values are not especially impressive for early April. But, with the model madness it just remains to be seen if this system will pose a big severe weather issue for Alabama or not. Nobody knows at this point the magnitude of the event, and the details concerning timing, placement, and modes of severe weather are just not known. We will much better clarity by Sunday and Monday.
We note in the longer range (April 12-19) our weather looks rather quiet.
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Category: Alabama's Weather
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