Episode 673 of WeatherBrains features two meteorologists from Hawaii to talk about Major Hurricane Lane, and a guest panelist that is making another appearance on the show just a couple of weeks removed from his last appearance.
Rain will be increasing over Alabama late this afternoon and evening. There could be some thunder mixed in with the rain tomorrow, but any severe weather should be limited to the coast. Light rain lingers into Saturday.
While much of Central Alabama is rain-free as we make the approach to the midday hour, we do have some very light returns showing up over parts of Greene, Hale, and Perry counties.
The high in Birmingham for December 12th, 2018 was 55F. The low was 29F.
WET WEATHER AHEAD: A storm system will organize to the west today over Texas, and promises to bring rain at times to Alabama tonight through part of the day Saturday. Most of the daytime hours today will be dry; the sky will be cloudy with a high in the upper 50s. While some parts of West Alabama could see a bit of rain by mid to late afternoon, most of the rain will hold off until tonight. The air will be stable over most of the state, so no worries with severe storms, and probably very little thunder. However, SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms for Mobile and Baldwin Counties tonight.
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HIGH CLOUDS: We have a deck of high, thin cirrus clouds over Alabama this afternoon; with filtered sunshine temperatures are in the 50s. Clouds become thicker and lower tonight and tomorrow ahead of a developing storm system to the west. The high tomorrow afternoon will be in the mid to upper 50s.
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The Alabaster Water Board has issued a Boil Water Notice for all Alabaster Water customers for a minimum of 48 hours due to a major water main break.
While some in the southern and eastern parts are seeing some of the sun’s rays reaching the surface at midday, these pesky high clouds are keeping the rest of Central Alabama from enjoying the brighter and a little warmer atmosphere.
An early December winter storm made its way across the southern United States this past week. The storm initially impacted southern California on Dec. 5th, 2018.
