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TURNING COOLER: Temperatures have been falling over North Alabama this afternoon as cooler air slips into the state. Muscle Shoals and Haleyville are down to 52 degrees at 2:00 with a cool north breeze; temperatures have been falling in Birmingham since late morning. You can really feel the difference when you walk outside. But, to the south, the weather remains warm. Montgomery was reporting 78 at 2:00.
As expected, there isn’t much rain on radar; just a few scattered showers over Northwest Alabama. Rain will remain rather light and spotty through tomorrow, but the sky will remain generally cloudy. We drop into the mid 40s by early tomorrow, and the high tomorrow will be in the 57 to 61 degree range.
BENEFICIAL RAIN AHEAD: Rain will increase statewide Friday as a wave forms on our stalled front to the west, and the weekend looks pretty wet. We will forecast periods of rain Friday through Sunday, along with some risk of thunderstorms. But, severe weather isn’t expected with a rather stable airmass in place. The 12Z NAM is printing 2.54″ of rain for Birmingham during the next 84 hours, which sure sounds good to us. Some spots could easily go over three inches by Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS keeps the rain going into Monday of next week; with rain finally diminishing early Tuesday as the wave moves to the east and a coastal low forms around Charleston. So, for the beginning of spring break week (for those that are off next week), some rain is likely Monday all across the Southeast U.S. The good news is that the weather looks dry for the rest of the week for the Gulf Coast and around here as well. Temperatures should be seasonal; afternoon highs in the 66 to 72 degree range. Again, along the immediate coast the cooler ocean will keep highs in the mid 60s.
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