RADAR CHECK: This morning we are watching a band of showers and storms lined up ahead of a surface front from near Nashville to Oxford, MS to Monroe, LA. This front will stall out later today near the northwest corner of Alabama; it will bring some rain to mainly the northern half of the state. It won’t rain everywhere, and most of South Alabama will stay dry.
RADAR CHECK: As expected we have scattered showers over the northern half of Alabama this afternoon as a deep upper trough moves through. Because the air aloft is so cold, some of the showers are producing small pea sized hail.
SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS: With a mix of sun and clouds we project a high in the 65-72 degree range across Alabama today. As a deep upper trough moves through, we expect a few scattered showers over the northern half of the state this afternoon and early tonight; rain amounts will be light and spotty.
SHOWERS LATER TODAY: Alabama is rain-free just before daybreak, but a few showers and storms will pass through the state later today ahead of a fast moving disturbance. SPC maintains a low end “marginal risk” of severe thunderstorms for much of the state.
RADAR CHECK: We have large areas of rain across parts of Alabama this morning; the rain should be out of the state completely by early afternoon, followed by gradual clearing. Temperatures will rise into the low to mid 60s this afternoon.
ON THE MAP: This morning a surface front is over South Alabama; temperatures are in the 30s and 40s over the northern counties of the state, but south of the front places like Mobile and Dothan are in the 60s.
A front has drifted into North Alabama today and will be the near term player in our forecast through the weekend. The front is between Birmingham and Huntsville today, tomorrow the front will life back north into Tennessee as a warm front, and then on Sunday it will move back south into North/Central Alabama on Sunday as a cold front.
Today and tomorrow we are seeing more clouds than sun with some isolated showers possible at just about any time, especially over the northern half of the state.
RADAR CHECK: We have a few scattered showers on radar Alabama this afternoon; otherwise the sky is mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 70s. Showers will fade early tonight, expect a low in the 57-63 degree range early tomorrow morning.
More sun than clouds in the Alabama sky today and it remains unseasonably warm with highs in the low to mid 70s. Some showers are ongoing across the northern and central portions of the state today, but rain amounts for the most part will be light.
RADAR CHECK: Rain continues over Southeast Alabama this afternoon; a few thunderstorms are involved but SPC has removed the “marginal risk” of severe storms. The sky has cleared over Northwest Alabama, but an upper trough will bring a few scattered showers to the northern half of the state this evening.
A cloudy and wet start to this final day of January as a cold front swings through the state, but the rain is relatively light and will be winding down through the afternoon and evening hours.
WARMEST DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR: Temperatures are in the low to mid 70s across much of Alabama this afternoon, and for most communities this is the warmest day so far this year. Birmingham’s high so far is 73 degrees; easily beating the 68 degree maximum we enjoyed on January 18, but below the record high for January 30… 78 set in 1950.
RADAR CHECK: Rain is falling across parts of North Alabama early this morning, mostly north of I-20. This will taper off by mid-morning, and most of the afternoon will be dry with temperatures rising into the 68-73 degree range.
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