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A Few Isolated Showers Through Tomorrow; Hotter Days Later This Week
RADAR CHECK: Most of Alabama remains dry this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures are mostly in the 79-84 degree range; the average high for Birmingham on May 17 is 82. Continue reading
Showers Few And Far Between Through Tomorrow
RADAR CHECK: We note a band of showers near the Mississippi River early this morning, but Alabama is rain-free with a mostly fair sky. We are forecasting a partly sunny day for Alabama with a high in the low 80s; a few isolated showers could show up later today or tonight, but odds of any one spot getting wet are only about one in eight. Continue reading
Dry Through Sunday; Humidity Levels Rise Next Week
MARVELOUS MAY DAY: With a good supply of sunshine through a shallow field of fair weather cumulus clouds, temperatures are in the mid-70s across most of Alabama this afternoon in a very dry airmass. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low between 47 and 54 degrees. Continue reading
Warmer Days Ahead; Dry Through The Weekend
NEXT WEEK: Look for rising heat and humidity levels as an upper ridge builds across the Deep South. Monday will stay mostly dry with only isolated showers, then we will have some risk of “widely scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms” on a daily basis Tuesday through Friday, much like summer. Continue reading
Dry Weather For Alabama Through Sunday
ANOTHER COOL NIGHT AHEAD: The sky is partly to mostly sunny across Alabama this afternoon with temperatures mostly in the 68-74 degree range, well below the average high of 81 for May 13. Tonight will be clear and cool… most communities over the northern half of the state go down in the 40s early tomorrow morning. It should be the last morning with lows in the 40s until sometime in October. Continue reading
Rain-Free Through The Weekend
TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: Dry weather continues with sunshine in full supply tomorrow and Friday. A few scattered clouds show up Sunday, but no showers are expected. The high tomorrow will be in the mid 70s… then by Saturday will be close to 80, followed by low 80s Sunday as the warming trend continues. Continue reading
Most Of Alabama Dry Through The Weekend
DRIER AIR PUSHING INTO NORTH ALABAMA: The sky has cleared over the northern third of the state this afternoon, where the sky is mostly sunny. Clouds linger over the southern half of the state, but there is very little rain on radar. Scattered showers or storms are possible tonight over South Alabama. Continue reading
Rain Ends Later This Morning; Then Mostly Dry
RADAR CHECK: Rain is widespread early this morning over East and South Alabama, with heavier thunderstorms moving along the Gulf Coast. Rain will end later this morning, and the rest of the day looks mostly dry with only isolated showers through tonight. Clouds will linger through the day, and temperatures over the northern half of the state will be about 15 to 20 degrees below average for mid-May with highs only in the low to mid 60s. Continue reading
Some Rain At Times Through Tomorrow; Clouds Linger
RADAR CHECK: Most of the rain across Alabama this afternoon remains over the southern counties of the state, where a few thunderstorms are involved. The sky is cloudy over the rest of the state, although we are seeing a little sun over the Tennessee Valley. A stalled surface front is still hanging around just north of I-20. Continue reading
Wet At Times Through Tomorrow; Drier Air Arrives Friday
RADAR CHECK: A batch of rain and thunderstorms is pushing into Northwest Alabama early this morning, otherwise the sky is cloudy statewide. A stalled surface front is parked just north of I-20; north of the front temperatures are in the low 50s, south of the front we are seeing temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Look for occasional rain and a few thunderstorms statewide through tonight; SPC maintains a “marginal risk” of severe thunderstorms for roughly the southern half of the state, where some small hail and strong, gusty winds are possible. Continue reading
