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With a clear sky, we are looking at a very cool night ahead for late April. The GFS shows a low of 42 for Birmingham early tomorrow, while the NAM is colder with 39. The actual range will be from 36 in the coldest valleys to 45 on the ridge tops. A little light frost is certainly possible in a few spots, but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the plants and vegetation. Just got the afternoon forecast package from the great Alabama weather legend, J.B. Elliott, and he is forecasting an average low of 40 tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow will feature maximum available sunshine with a high in the mid 60s, about 10 to 12 degrees below average values for this time of the year. And, we go back into the 40s early Wednesday morning. The GFS even hints at upper 30s early Wednesday…. so temperatures at daybreak Wednesday should be similar to those we experience early tomorrow.
WARMER DAYS: A warming trend begins Wednesday; we rise into the mid 70s Wednesday afternoon, followed by low 80s Thursday. Both of those days will feature a good supply of sunshine.
NEXT RAIN EVENT: The 12Z GFS is a little faster with our end of the week system; it now shows showers and storms moving in here Friday afternoon, becoming widespread Friday night into Saturday. The cold front will slow down and stall out somewhere just north of here, according to the GFS, as a vertically stacked low spins away over Iowa. This means we will have to maintain a chance of showers into Sunday, although the rain won’t be as widespread.
The chance of a big severe weather event looks relatively small Friday night and Saturday, but some good rain totals will be possible; many communities could see over one inch.
VOODOO LAND: The 12Z GFS shows a more unsettled weather pattern in the medium range, with good rain/storm events around the middle of next week (May 6-7), and another one in the May 12-13 time frame.
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