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COLD FRONT GETS CLOSER: Still looks like the best chance of showers here will be from around 6:00 this evening to 12:00 noon tomorrow. A few showers could slip in here this afternoon, but the initially will be over Northwest Alabama. I still don’t expect too much rain; the NAM is printing 0.17″, while the GFS suggests 0.29″ will fall at Birmingham. So… our figure of a quarter of an inch seems right on target. I guess there could be a little thunder, but the air will be relatively stable and we are looking at mostly rain showers.
WEEKEND COOL DOWN: We reach the low 80s today, but tomorrow temperatures will be mostly in the 60s tomorrow with a cool north breeze. The sky should clear tomorrow evening, and we are still looking at a wonderful fall weekend. The high Saturday will be around 70, with low to mid 70s on Sunday; early morning lows will be down in the 40s. Most communities will be somewhere between 43 and 48 by daybreak Sunday. A few of the colder valleys across North Alabama could reach the upper 30s.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For tonight’s high school games, the sky will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers; temperatures will be falling through the 70s, possibly reaching the 60s by the fourth quarter. For tomorrow night’s games, a jacket is in order; the sky will be clear with temperatures falling from the 60s into the 50s. Saturday, Alabama will host Ole Miss at Bryant-Denny Stadium at 2:30 (CBS-TV); the weather will be picture perfect with a sunny sky and a temperature close to 70 at kickoff. Pretty much the same story for the Marshall/UAB game at Legion Field in Birmingham (3:00 p.m. kickoff); lots of sunshine with temperatures falling through the 60s.
NEXT WEEK: A rain event seems likely at some point over the latter half of next week; the 00Z GFS hints the best chance of rain will come Wednesday night into Thursday morning. We can nail down the timing over the weekend.
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