Most of the cloud cover has moved out of Central Alabama leaving us with a good bit of sunshine. Temperatures at 3:30 PM are running in the upper 50s to the upper 60s throughout the area, with Birmingham currently sitting at 61 degrees. The warm spot is Uniontown at 68 degrees, while the cool spot is Auburn at 57 degrees.
We have a trough sitting over the southeast, but we are now on the back side of it as it moves off tot he east. That means for us that skies will continue to clear out and we should be mainly clear skies by sunset. Afternoon highs will top out in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. We’ll have mainly clear skies through the overnight hours, with lows in the mid to upper 40s.
For Sunday, the trough continues to move off to the east, allowing for nice weather to settle in for the second half of the weekend. We’ll have plenty of sunshine with just a cloud or two. Afternoon highs will be back up in the 70s throughout the area. Sunday night will be fair with lows in the mid-40s to the mid-50s.
Subtropical Storm Oscar formed late last night over the Central Atlantic. He will move westward while strengthening into a hurricane, before being forced out to the northeast by an upper-level trough. No threat to the US Mainland. The rest of the Atlantic Basin is quiet at this point.
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