**No Weather Xtreme video this afternoon due to the travel schedule… scroll down for this morning’s video**
BENEFICIAL RAIN TONIGHT: Still looks like at least one inch of rain for most of Alabama tonight with a vigorous short wave approaching from the west. The latest model extraction: the NAM prints 0.95″ for Birmingham, while the GFS shows 1.00″ on the nose.
No instability means no serious chance of severe weather around here; any thunderstorms tonight should be elevated over the northern part of the state. SPC maintains a slight risk of severe storms for South Alabama; the best instability will be south of U.S. 84, and especially south of I-10, near the coast. A few tornadoes will be possible down there based on the shear profiles.
Tomorrow should feature a clearing sky, although the clouds could hang tough much of the day, especially over Northeast Alabama. Temperatures will hold in the 40s all day with a chilly northwest breeze.
Saturday still looks like a great day with a high around 60 after a light freeze early in the day. Then, Sunday, moist air returns and a few showers are possible.
STORMY EARLY NEXT WEEK: Our weather still looks very wet on Monday and Tuesday, and a severe weather event will be possible by late Tuesday and Tuesday night with a healthy amount of instability available at that point, if the GFS is correct. Looks like most Alabama communities will see one to two inches of rain on Monday and Tuesday. Cooler air drier air will follow by Wednesday.
SEE YOU TONIGHT: Don’t forget, our first stop on the Storm Alert 2008 tour is tonight at Oak Grove High School… we will look back on the April 8, 1998 F5 tornado that destroyed their school campus, and killed 32 people in Jefferson County. There will be other great Alabama weather stories, and some great prizes. And, the first 500 people will get a Storm Alert 2008 t-shirt! The show begins at 7:00; doors open at 5:00.
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I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
