RADAR CHECK: We have patches of light rain across most of Alabama this afternoon as a wave moves into the western Gulf of Mexico. The evaporative cooling process has helped to generate a few patches of sleet mixed with the rain, but temperatures are in the 40s and there won’t be any impact. Periods of light rain are likely tonight, mostly over the southern two-thirds of the state; amounts should be under 1/4 inch.
COLD FRONT ON THE WAY: Clouds have returned to Alabama this morning, and we expect a few periods of rain this afternoon and early tonight ahead of a cold front. The main window for rain comes from 12:00 noon until 12:00 midnight, and rain amounts should be under 1/2 inch for most places as moisture will be limited. No risk of severe storms, and most likely very little thunder. The high this afternoon will be in the upper 60s.
THIS AFTERNOON: Clouds cover much of Alabama this afternoon, and rain continues to fall on areas south of a line from Auburn to Montgomery to Camden. Temperatures over the northern half of the state are mostly in the upper 60s and low 70s; the average high at Birmingham on October 29 is 71.
UNSETTLED WEATHER: As advertised, we have widespread rain across Alabama this morning ahead of warm front over the southern counties of the state, and a tropical system in the western Gulf of Mexico.
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video; I am live on ABC 33/40 at the Hoover Hayride at Veterans Park** CIRRUS NEAR US, STRATUS COMING AT US: Another delightful fall day for Alabama; lots of sunshine today through high altitude cirrus clouds, around 25,000 feet off the ground. These thin clouds are ice crystals, and often are […]
RADAR CHECK: Widespread rain, along with a few thunderstorms, is over North Alabama this morning along the long awaited cold front pushing into the state. The front, and the associated rain band, will push southward today keeping temperatures in the 70s all day over the northern half of the state. Heaviest rain will fall today north of I-59; amounts of 1/2 to 1 inch are likely, with heavier totals over the Tennessee Valley.
WET DAY: A deep layer of tropical moisture remains over Alabama today, and with an upper trough to the west we expect a wet late summer day with occasional rain and possibly a few thunderstorms. No severe storms, and we don’t expect any flooding issues today (we did have some yesterday around Muscle Shoals, where 5-7 inches of rain came down in only two hours). There is a good chance many communities will hold in the 70s all day because of clouds and rain; the average high at Birmingham on August 26 is 90.
On their new afternoon update, NHC continues to show an 80 percent chance of a tropical depression forming over the northern Gulf of Mexico within 5 days. Conditions favor a tropical low forming just off the coast by Wednesday. This will most likely drift westward, and new runs the American (GFS) and European (ECMWF) global […]
SHOWERS MOVING IN: An approaching upper trough will bring showers and thunderstorms to Alabama tonight; rain amounts should be in the 1/2 to 1 inch range for most communities over the next 12-15 hours. The air is stable, and SPC has dropped the “marginal risk” for most of the state… it now covers only the southern half of Mobile and Baldwin counties for tonight.
RAIN RETURNS: Clouds will slowly increase across Alabama today ahead of an upper trough. A few showers could reach West Alabama this afternoon, but the bulk of the showers and thunderstorms will come tonight. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe storms for areas west of a line from Tuscumbia to Birmingham to Montgomery to Enterprise; a few storms there could produce small hail and gusty winds.
RADAR CHECK: A large mass of rain covers much of Central Alabama this afternoon; this is in response to a wave of low pressure moving along a stalled front over the southern part of the state. There is a big thermal contrast on either side of the front; temperatures are in the 50s across North Alabama, but to the south Mobile reports 81 degrees at 2:00p CDT. Rain will end from west to east this evening, and we drop into the 40s overnight.
NICE AFTERNOON: With a partly sunny sky, temperatures have soared into the 70s across most of Alabama this afternoon. A few East Alabama communities are still in the 60s where clouds are more extensive. Nothing showing up on radar at mid-afternoon. Clouds will increase tonight.
FLOOD WATCH: A flood watch remains in effect for the northern half of Alabama as another big batch of rain and storms moves through this afternoon. Stronger storms are producing lots of lightning and heavy rain, but thankfully the severe weather threat has diminished statewide. Temperatures are mostly in the 50s over North Alabama, with 60s to the south. But, parts of Northeast Alabama remain in the 40s as the cold air is taking longer to be scoured out.
