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Remember the song by Eddie Rabbitt?
“Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good”
When I was poking around to find those lyrics, I learned that Eddie Rabbitt died from lung cancer at the age of 56 on May 7, 1998 in Nashville. Life sure is short.
TONIGHT: I don’t think lightning will light up our sky tonight with cool, stable air in place, but it will rain pretty much all night long, with additional rain amounts of 1 inch likely, with storm totals from 1 to 2 inches. Good sleeping weather. Winds will pick up a bit as a surface low passes just south of us, perhaps gusting to 20 mph at times late tonight.
TOMORROW: The heaviest rain will move to the east, but in the wrap around moisture on the back side of the storm we will mention a continued chance of some light rain or drizzle at times during the day. Temperatures will hover around 50 degrees pretty much all day tomorrow.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY: The weather turns colder Saturday; in fact it looks like a pretty raw day with a cloudy sky, a brisk north wind, and a chance of some morning drizzle. Temperatures will hold in the low to mid 40s most of the day. Sunday will brighter as the sun returns in full force, along with a high in the upper 40s.
NEXT WEEK: The parade of storms won’t go away; the next one will bring rain back to Alabama Monday night and Tuesday. Looks like this one will have the potential for about 1/2 inch of rain. Then, much colder air invades in the wake of that storm on Wednesday. Another storm system is due in here at the end of next week, about 8 days from now, and there will be great speculation whether that one can bring some snow and ice to parts of North Alabama. No skill in being specific at this stage of the game, of course. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for more on next week and other mid-month mischief.
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I had a great time today visiting with the students at Lineville Elementary down in Clay County; be watching for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…
