Here is a quick check on Alabama’s weather on this Sunday morning…
An area of mainly light to moderate showers, with some heavier rain over eastern sections, continues from eastern Jefferson County eastward through St. Clair and into Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. The heaviest activity is just north of Heflin in Cleburne County. Not much if any lightning involved.
Light showers had developed over Lawrence and Morgan Counties, moving into Marshall. Best showers was approaching Arab.
Regional radars show a large mass of moderate to heavy rain over southern Mississippi extending back into Louisiana. Some light rain was moving into Southwest Alabama. This activity was spreading east and northeastward. Hopefully it will have enough of a northward component to get it up into at least Central sections of the state later today.
It looks like rainfall winners this morning include the area from Irondale to Leeds where two inches may have fallen. Also parts of northwestern Talladega County with an inch or more. The area around Southside, south of Gadsden in Etowah County got some nice amounts. And finally southeast of Jacksonville in Calhoun County, where a couple of inches may have fallen.
A little fog and stratus was over northeastern sections, where visibilities were down to 2 miles at Fort Payne and 5 miles at Albertville and Huntsville.
Skies were mostly cloudy across the Tennessee Valley and in areas east of I-65, but a large area of clear skies over West Alabama will allow for lots of insolation and the mercury will be on the rise. This could spell rapid shower and storm development later today.
Temperatures were in the lower 70s at the 8 o’clock hour. In sunny areas, look for upper 80s today. Cloudy areas will edge to around or just beyond 80.
Monday looks to be another wet day, potentially wetter than today.
We stay in a wetter than normal pattern through Tuesday, then we trend back to a more normal summertime pattern. This will mean more sunshine, less precipitation and hotter temperatures.
