Let’s take a look at Alabama’s weather on this Saturday…
A cold front extends from a low near Chicago to near Paducah, Kentucky to Little Rock to Shreveport.
Showers are occurring ahead of the front. Moderate showers were over western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. Earlier, it looked like widespread sleet might have been occurring in northwestern Tennessee into southeastern Missouri.
Further south, the area of precipitation is considerably more narrow.
There will eventually be some storms over Louisiana and perhaps into southern Mississippi later today.
Skies are still mostly sunny across Alabama. Clouds were thick back over the northwestern quarter of Mississippi. They were just moving into Colbert and Lauderdale Counties and will move into western sections of the state this afternoon.
The eastern edge of the showers extends from Tupelo to Greenwood in Mississippi to Monroe, LA. The main showers will reach Marion County around 3 p.m…Tuscaloosa around 4 or 5 and Birmingham around 5 or 6.
Showers will occur tonight. Rainfall amounts should be light, around one quarter inch or less.
As colder air moves in behind the front, there could be a brief changeover to snow flurries before the precipitation ends.
Skies will clear quickly overnight and things should be sunny by sunrise.
Tomorrow will be breezy and cool, with highs topping out just short of 50 degrees in most spots.
