Rain and storms continue across the northern half of Alabama this morning.
Not much to see in the way of surface features. There is a little bubble high over north Alabama that formed in the wake of light evening’s storms. We find ourselves under a shear area aloft with western winds aloft over us and northwesterly winds just to our southwest. This puts us in an area of diffluence aloft that helps the storms build. There is probably an upper disturbance involved also. Some sort of pressure rise/fall couplet passed over Birmingham over the past few hours also, with pressure rising rapidly then falling rapidly at BMX.
An areal flood advisory is in effect for Jefferson County. 0.78 inches of rain this morning at the Birmingham Airport, on top of the 0.33 from last night.
Intense storms are over Marengo, Hales and Perry County. Other storms are over Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. Some lightning being reported over Jefferson County.
More storms over Marion and Winston Counties are producing a good deal of lightning.
Back over eastern Mississippi, more showers and storms are in place and these will be moving into West Central Alabama later.
All the activity will push into South Central Alabama this afternoon, but more storms may fire later this afternoon, and we will be watching for the development of a storm complex to our northwest later tonight that could affect us tomorrow.
