Published on: February 21, 2009 at 6:15 PM

A large area of light showers over the northwestern third of Alabama tonight, generally north and west of the I-59 corridor. The leading edge of the precipitation extends from Livingston to Marion to Calera to Guntersville to Scottsboro.

Some of the radar echoes are not reaching the ground, especially with dewpoints in the teens and lower 20s.

The heaviest showers were over Franklin and Marion Counties with another patch over Walker County. Rainfall estimates showed some quarter to half inch amounts over southeastern Marion, southwestern Winston and extreme northwestern Walker Counties.

Moderate rain was reported at Haleyville with light rain at Tuscaloosa and Cullman.

Temperatures were in the middle 50s across Central Alabama with 40s across much of the Tennessee Valley.

The front has passed Columbus MS. They have NNW winds now. It is 37F at Memphis and 39F at Oxford.

No signs of any snow at this time across northern Mississippi or western Tennessee.