Scattered Sun Dogs

It has been a beautiful day across the state of Alabama. High clouds that gave the sky sort of an opaque look this morning moved out leaving mostly blue skies and scattered stratocumulus clouds. Some pretty cirrostratus clouds gave the high sky a bit of character at late afternoon. The layer of cirrostratus clouds produced beautiful sun dogs just after 5 p.m. The moisture up at high altitude that produced the cirrostratus clouds also produced pretty contrails.

Ample sunshine of the strong late winter variety pushed the mercury to 67F at Anniston and 68F at Birmingham according to the hourly obs. Tuscaloosa did reach 70F at 3 p.m.

Clouds should thicken overnight with lows dropping into the middle 40s over the northern tier of counties in places like Hamilton. Cullman and Oneonta. Upper 40s will be common across the rest of the area. There could be a little patchy fog in areas that are clear this evening.

It looks like Sunday will be dry and partly sunny. There have been hints from one of our mesoscale models that there could be a few sprinkles tomorrow, but another mesoscale model keeps us dry. Look for highs in the upper 60s to near 70F.

Category: Alabama's Weather