Quick Morning Update

A gentle soaking rain fell across the western two thirds of Central Alabama overnight. The rain is just getting into far eastern Alabama.

1.40 inches of rain so far at the Birmingham airport since the precipitation began just before 4 p.m. yesterday.

The rain has ended at Tuscaloosa pretty much as expected.

The back edge of the rain is pushing slowly across western Jefferson County now but may not clear the City of Birmingham until 9-10 a.m.

Of course, lots of folks at Talladega, where it is raining steadily now. It looks like that rain will start to taper off by early afternoon, but light rain may continue to fall off and on until sunset. This could spell trouble for the Aaron’s 312 at 2 p.m. We will just have to watch radar trends.

Tomorrow’s race may have a couple of delays but shouldn’t be a washout. Bands of showers with some thunder, and even some small hail will develop by noon tomorrow across the areas. They will be rotating around an extremely unusual upper low that will be pivoting slowly eastward along I-20. Highs will be in the 50s west of I-65 with some lower 60s to the east.

No flooding so far, although there could be some tonight from Heflin to Centre/Fort Payne to Scottsboro if a band of heavier rain develops as depicted on the NAM.

No thunder involved now. But there could be tomorrow with a convectively unstable situation setting up thanks to some very cold air aloft moving over Alabama with the upper low.

It will be chilly, especially over the east. 40s in East Alabama where it rains most of the day. Lower 50s around Birmingham where it stays cloudy most of the day. West Alabama will see 60F degree readings in places like Hamilton and Carrollton and Livingston and Tuscaloosa and Fayette since sunshine will out all day. It’s already sunny in those spots now.

Category: Alabama's Weather