Cold, Cloudy, Showers Moving into Alabama

It remains a cold and cloudy day across Alabama as well as much of the Southeast, and it certainly looks and feels like winter out there. With such a dense cloud field in place today, it will be hard for our temperatures in Central Alabama to warm much more above where they are this midday. Expect most areas to see lower to mid-40s for afternoon highs. We could get a few breaks in the clouds this afternoon, especially over northern and eastern portions of the state, but most of us should remain socked in with the clouds.

It is actually colder down towards the Gulf Coast today. Mobile has struggled to warm today and has a current temp of 35, while it is 37 in New Orleans. Not the best of weather for all the Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras Festivities ongoing in that part of the country today.

We are watching an area of unsettled weather to our southwest as some wintry precip as been falling across Texas, Louisiana, and southern Mississippi this morning.

Several reports from NWS Jackson of sleet and freezing rain occurring in some of their southern counties.

From NWS Slidell, numerous reports of an ice coating/glaze in many areas, especially around the Baton Rouge area. In these areas the surface temps are ranging from 29-32, so wintry precip is expected.

We are expecting the rain to continue to spread east throughout the afternoon, and it will be impacting the lower two-thirds of the state, especially areas along and south of Interstate 20. Already light rain is falling in Sumter, Marengo, and Choctaw counties in Southwest Alabama.

The good news for us in Central Alabama is our temperature are well above freezing already. Any precip that falls will be a very cold rain, with perhaps some sleet mixing in, but no issues with ice as surface temps are above freezing. The showers will likely last into the overnight hours, and there is a chance for some scattered showers to hang around into Wednesday morning.

Category: Alabama's Weather