**No Weather Xtreme video today… morning severe weather coverage and an early afternoon school program ate up my time**
TONIGHT: I don’t expect any more severe weather tonight for much of North Alabama; the best chance of any additional severe storms will come generally south of a line from Livingston to Greensboro to Clanton and to Roanoke. Storms in this parts of Alabama could produce hail, high winds, and an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out. But, the air is simply too worked over up this way for any more big problems. There will be periods of rain for places like Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Anniston, and Gadsden, but nothing like we had this morning.
TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: SPC has a pretty good part of Alabama in a slight risk (their standard risk) of severe weather tomorrow, but the higher probabilities are northwest of the state. A very moist airmass will stay in place, and with surface based CAPE values exceeding 2,000 j/kg by afternoon and good lapse rates, the storms that form during the peak of the daytime heating process could become strong to severe; large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threat. Away from the storms, the day should be partly sunny with a high in the mid 80s.
Friday is looking generally dry; any afternoon storms that form should be widely spaced. Then, for the weekend, another surface boundary will slowly approach from the north, giving us some risk of scattered showers and storms both Saturday and Sunday. I would not be surprised if we had one or two severe weather issues at some point over the weekend. Highs will remain in the 80s with moist, tropical air in place.
PICTURES: See lots of pictures from today’s severe weather in the slideshow below, and all of them on our Flickr feed here.
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I enjoyed seeing the kids in the first grade at Valley Elementary in Pelham this afternoon… be looking for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News… the next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow.
