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COOL AND DRY: We begin this day in the 20s for most places, with teens for the colder valleys. With a strong February sun, temperatures will warm into the low 50s this afternoon. Dry weather continues through mid-week with a warming trend; we will reach the mid to upper 50s tomorrow, with low 60s likely by Wednesday.
LATE WEEK RAIN: We will bring in some risk of isolated afternoon showers on Thursday, as warm and moist air moves in from the south. We will be very close to 70 degrees Thursday afternoon. The best chance of rain will come during the day Friday when a cold front passes through the state. For now, it doesn’t look like severe weather will be a problem with limited upper support and instability.
WEEKEND PEEK: Cooler and drier air will take over on Saturday and Sunday. The weekend looks rain-free with highs mostly in the 50s. We should note we have seen model runs that hang the front up somewhere over Central Alabama, but the 06Z GFS drives the front into the northern Gulf, and for now we will roll with that solution.
VOODOO LAND: The GFS is good through March 10, and at this point we see no major late season Arctic air outbreak, no major severe weather threat, and no snow threats. But, this is that magical time of the year when anything goes…
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STORM ALERT 2009: Our severe weather awareness tour across Alabama wraps up this week in Cullman; we will be in the Cullman Civic Center Thursday evening at 7:00… we hope you can join us there!
I am on the road this morning to Cherokee County for a weather program at Centre Elementary school. I will be back in the office by early afternoon, and the next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 3:30. Enjoy the day!
