Published on: January 5, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Cool weather is the story across Alabama at midday. Rain covers about the north third of the state from just north of Birmingham to the Tennessee border. The rain is moving almost due east. Much of the rain is light, but there are a few reports of moderate rain in the Tennessee Valley.

One of our latest weather models points to a low of around 22 in the Birmingham area by this weekend. We will finetune all of that later in the formal forecast

MIDDAY SPOT REPORTS

41 with light rain in Huntsville

39 with a steady cold rain in Decatur

42 moderate rain, Haleyville

50 partly sunny, Birmingham

48 cloudy, Anniston and Montgomery

65 cloudy, Mobile

52 partly sunny, Tuscaloosa