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Frigid Pattern Continues Through Friday
We note Birmingham has been below freezing since 3:00 Sunday afternoon… a total of 39 consecutive hours as of 6:00 this morning. Will we get above freezing today? For Birmingham, a very close call. Areas north of Birmingham should remain below freezing; to the south temperatures reach the mid 30s. The air remains dry today with a good supply of sunshine through scattered clouds. Continue reading
Frigid Air Stays In Place Through Friday
We note the average high for January 1 at Birmingham is 54, so we are 27 degrees below average. A hard freeze warning and wind chill advisory remains in effect for tonight; we project a low between 8 and 12 degrees for most North/Central Alabama communities. The wind chill index could very well drop below zero at times. Continue reading
Bitterly Cold Air Stays In Place Through The Week
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We start 2018 with what most likely will be the coldest air of this winter season. Temperatures over the northern half of Alabama are in the teens at daybreak, and the wind chill index has dropped to zero at Birmingham as of 6:30 a.m. We stay below freezing all day today with a partly to mostly sunny sky; the high will be in the 27-31 degree range for most places across North/Central Alabama. Continue reading
Rain, Then Much Colder
RADAR CHECK: We have scattered light rain showers across Alabama this afternoon, but there is an axis of much heavier rain from the Ark-La-Tex region through parts of Arkansas and Tennessee, where a flash flood watch is in effect through tonight. Continue reading
Rain, Then Cold Air Arrives For Christmas
WET, THEN COLD: An upper trough will be lifting out of the Southwest U.S. today, and will bring lots of rain to the southern U.S. over the next 36 hours. We note a flash flood watch is in effect for parts of Tennessee and far North Mississippi, where rain amounts could exceed 3 inches… Continue reading
More Rain Ahead; Much Colder By Christmas
MORE RAIN ON THE WAY: Another upper trough will lift out of the Southwest U.S. over the next 24 hours; tomorrow will be a mostly cloudy day with some risk of showers, but the most widespread rain will come tomorrow night into Saturday morning. Seems like the main window for rain comes from 12:00 midnight tomorrow night through 12:00 noon Saturday. Continue reading
Much Colder By Sunday/Christmas Day
STILL MILD THROUGH TOMORROW: We are forecasting a high in the mid to upper 60s across much of Alabama today, about ten degrees above average for late December. The day will be dry with a mix of sun and clouds. The weather stays mild tomorrow, but the day will be mostly cloudy with some risk of scattered showers. But, the next organized rain for the state comes tomorrow night into Saturday thanks to an approaching cold front. Continue reading
Rain Returns Saturday; Much Colder Sunday
RADAR CHECK: After the soaking rain this morning; the sun managed to peek through the clouds across parts of Alabama during the midday hours, pushing temperatures into the low 70s, and making the air rather unstable. A number of scattered showers are on radar at mid-afternoon… moving east. Little thunder, and no additional risk of severe storms. Continue reading
Wet, Stormy Today… Much Colder By Christmas
SOAKING RAINS: A flash flood watch remains in effect for the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama this morning; radar shows widespread, soaking rain in most areas north of I-20. The rain will slowly expand southward today, and with some surface based instability involved, we could see a few strong thunderstorms later this morning. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” of severe storms for much of Central Alabama… Continue reading
Heavy Rain/Strong Storms Through Tomorrow
BIG SOAKING AHEAD: An upper trough lifting out of the Southwest U.S. will bring lots of rain to Alabama over the next 24 hours. The NWS office in Huntsville has issued a Flash Flood Watch for their counties… up in the Tennessee Valley for the possibility of 2-3 inches of rain… Continue reading
