Here is the latest on the Alabama weather situation…
The cold front is roughly just east of I-59. Dew points are falling behind the front. The DP is down to 47F at Muscle Shoals.
The line of showers is just ahead of the cold front. It extends across Cherokee… Etowah… Calhoun… Cleburne. eastern Talladega… Clay… Randolph and Coosa Counties… then into southwestern Alabama.
The tornado watch remains in effect for Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell and Tallapoosa counties till 6:00 PM CST. All other counties have been cleared from the watch, but the severe threat is diminishing rapidly. The watch will not be extended into Georgia.
Clouds are thinning a bit behind the front, with some blue sky available before dark, but they should thicken overnight again. Skies will be cloudy through early morning, with clearing during the morning. The sunshine will be temporary, with clouds returning tomorrow night.
Showers will return as a low pressure system develops over Louisiana and moisture overruns the front. The exact placement of the heaviest rainfall is up in the air, bit it looks like it will be acorss Central Alabama between Birmingham and Montgomery, extending NE into Georgia. Rainfall amounts could exceed an inch in lucky spots, with greatly diminsihgin amounts the further north you go.
Much colder air by Tuesday, with windy and much colder conditions. Temperatures will likely fall throughout the day on Tuesday. Could there be a snow flurry or two thrown in? We will have to wait and see…
Thanks to everyone for hanging in here with me on the blog today. Thanks to Tim for his excelletn 10 a.m. post. And thanls to all the Skywatchers and others who gave their reports.
