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As expected, this has been a cool and damp day for Alabama. Check out these 2:00 p.m. observations from around the ABC 33/40 SKYCAM network:
Clanton 49
Demopolis 50
Mt. Cheaha 50
Birmingham 51
Tuscaloosa 51
Hamilton 51
Gadsden 54
Interesting to note that the 51 degree observation in Birmingham is 22 degrees colder than Great Falls, Montana, where the 2:00 temperature was 73 degrees!
The GFS has done a wonderful job with temperatures under the cold core upper low, and I continue to lean on that model for the next few days. The GFS shows a high of 58 for Birmingham tomorrow, and that sounds pretty good to me. Tomorrow will be like today; mostly cloudy, cool, and damp with some light rain or drizzle possible. A far cry from those 100 degree days back in August.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The sky should become partly sunny by Friday afternoon, and we will mention only an outside risk of a stray shower Friday. The weekend ahead still looks delightful with sunny days and clear, chilly nights. Afternoon highs in the 67 to 70 degree range; early morning lows in the 40s.
NEXT WEEK: The weather stays dry on Monday and Tuesday. The 12Z GFS brings in an interesting idea for the latter half of the week; it develops a surface, hybrid type low in the northern Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, and moves it right up into Alabama with a good rain event on Thursday. This idea has some merit, but we won’t totally buy into it just yet. If that is correct that will bring another chance of beneficial rain to the state about 8 days from now.
We also note very cold air that continues to build over Canada in coming weeks. Some of that will probably dip down into the southern U.S. a time or two along the way through mid-November.
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STORM ALERT XTREME: We hope to see you on Saturday, November 10 at the BJCC for our annual severe storm training session. Once again this year, the Alabama International Auto Show is a sponsor of Storm Alert XTREME, and it will be held at the BJCC. This is your chance to learn more about Alabama weather, and to be trained as a storm spotter. ABC 33/40 Meteorologist Brian Peters, long time WCM (Warning Coordination Meteorologist) for the National Weather Service in Birmingham, will teach a basic and advanced course on spotting small scale features within thunderstorms that are very important to meteorologists. Read more about Storm Alert XTREME here.
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