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Yep, no doubt about it, the rain totals for North Alabama with this system have been very disappointing. South Alabama was soaked with very beneficial rain during the last 48 hours, but all of that convection down there cut off the good inflow and kept our rain amounts light. J.B. will have a full list of rain totals a little later in the morning (I sure hope he got a good nap!). My rain total since midnight in North Shelby County was only 0.28″. Sure beats nothing, however.
The squall line weakened over North Alabama around 1:00 a.m., and the tornado watch was cancelled. There was damage from the squall line over Northwest Alabama in Lauderdale and Colbert counties around midnight.
LOOKING AHEAD: The sky will clear today, and the weekend still looks great with sunny warm days and clear cool nights. Looks like we will be in the upper 40s early tomorrow and Sunday.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: Tennessee will be playing Alabama in Tuscaloosa tomorrow. It should be all sunshine with low humidity and light winds. About 75 degrees for the 11:30 kick off with a high near 80 during the game. Auburn will be in Baton Rouge to play LSU at 8:00 p.m. Clear, comfortable weather with 77 at kick off and in the 60s during the second half. UAB will host Houston at Legion Field at 6:00 p.m. It will be about 70 at kick off lowering quickly into the 60s. For tonight’s high school games, clear pleasant weather is expected with temperatures in the upper 60s at kick off and about 62 at the final whistle. It will be great night for football.
NEXT WEEK: We are finally getting some decent model agreement on what happens next week, leading to a higher confidence level in the forecast. The GFS now keeps the primary upper trough west of here Monday, and it evolves into a very deep upper low over Oklahoma and Kansas on Tuesday and Wednesday. This scenario means a chance of rain for Alabama beginning late Monday and Monday night, with periods of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another event with a chance of rain across multiple days; maybe it will be North Alabama’s turn for the bigger rain this time. For now the severe weather threat looks rather minimal with the system.
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I am off to Chilton County this morning; I will speak at Jemison High School; then it is back to the office and I am planning on one more Weather Xtreme video, which should be posted by 3:30 this afternoon. Enjoy the day!
