I am afraid that I don’t have good news tonight for Central Alabama.
Radar shows that the band of showers now moving toward western Alabama is weakening across central sections of the state.
At 6:40 p.m., moderate rain shows covered much of NE Mississippi mainly north of Tupelo. Showers are less widespread back toward Columbus. Further south, the rainfall has become much lighter.
Light to moderate showers are over Northwest Alabama now, including Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lamar and Fayette Counties.
An intense line of storms has moved east of Southeast Louisiana tonight. The northern edge extends into Mobile and Baldwin Counties. This activity is probably robbing the more northern storms of their moisture. How many times have we heard that story recently?
Scattered showers will continue moving across the state tonight. Rainfall amounts will be light, generally around one tenth of an inch or less.
Temperatures are near 50F in along the I-20 corridor. Readings should fall into the lower 40s overnight.
Tomorrow shoulf feature clearing skies, but rain will return tomorrow night. It looks like Friday will hold the best chances for significant rainfall in the I-20/59 corridor. The NCEP progs still call for as much as 3.5 inches of rain across Central Alabama between now and Monday, but has shifted the axis of heaviest rainfall a little further south. We will have to get closer to the situation for it to become clearer.
We will have updates through teh evening as the system moves across the state.
