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Summer Preview Continues
WARM AND DRY: If you enjoyed the weather yesterday across Alabama, you will like the forecast for the rest of the week. An upper ridge holds, and will keep the primary storm track across the nation well to the west … Continue reading
Warm May Days
AT MID-AFTERNOON: Temperatures are mostly in the low 80s this afternoon, about 3-5 degrees above average for early May in Alabama. No rain on radar, and the sky is mostly sunny. REST OF THE WEEK: An upper ridge will keep … Continue reading
Warm, Dry May Weather Continues
SUMMER PREVIEW: We are expecting the warmest weather so far this year over the next seven days, thanks to an upper ridge overhead. Today will feature a good supply of sunshine with a high in the low 80s. For the … Continue reading
Dry Weather Pattern Takes Hold
**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today** COBALT BLUE SKY: Not a cloud in the Alabama sky today; temperatures are in the 69-73 degree range at most places… the humidity is low, and the visibility is excellent. Tonight will be clear … Continue reading
May Begins With A Dry Spell
COOL MORNING: Black Creek is at 37… Fort Payne is reporting 39 degrees at daybreak; it might be sometime in October before another North Alabama low in the 30s. The sky is clear, and the air is dry. We expect … Continue reading
Long Dry Spell Ahead
RADAR CHECK: So far, no far no showers have shown up across North Alabama today despite the very cold air aloft associated with an upper trough. Closest rain to us is over Tennessee north of Chattanooga… An isolated shower or … Continue reading
Only Isolated Showers Later Today
CHILLY LATE APRIL MORNING: Seeing some low 40s up in Northeast Alabama early this morning… 41 at Black Creek, and 43 at Fort Payne. Not many more of these kind of mornings before the long, hot summer sets in. The … Continue reading
Isolated Showers Tomorrow, Then Dry
RADAR CHECK: A few isolated showers linger over parts of East Alabama this afternoon, but some places are enjoying some sunshine through a broken cloud field. Temperatures are well below average for late April… Birmingham’s average high today (April 29) … Continue reading
Rain Tapers Off Later Today
WET START TO THE DAY: Rain continues across much of Alabama this morning as an upper trough passes overhead, but the rain will fade away later today. Clouds linger through the afternoon, and the high today should be in the … Continue reading
Rain Tonight… Ending Tomorrow
RADAR CHECK: Rain is increasing across Alabama this afternoon as an upper low lifts out of Texas… Tonight will be wet, with occasional rain. The air is cool and stable, so no severe weather, and probably no thunder. Even down … Continue reading
