A fairly strong easterly flow is transporting Atlantic moisture into Central Alabama on this Saturday. Skies have become mostly cloudy across most of the area. The best remaining sunshine was over western and eastern sections.
Temperatures are in the 70s, being held back by the cloud cover. The median temperature today will be around 78-79, with a few sunnier locations making it into the lower 80s.
Radars are clear at the noon hour. The closest rain to Birmingham is showers and storms associated with an upper low off the coast of the Carolinas. This upper low is expected to retrograde, or move westward over the next couple of days.
We could see a little drizzle and a few isolated showers on Sunday and Monday as the easterly flow strengthens a bit more. Skies will remain mostly cloudy through the period. Highs will be in the upper 70s unless a little sunshine breaks out and pushes readings to just past 80.
No major rain chances in the next seven days for Central Alabama. The big storm system out west will split over the next few days. A weakened part will lift out to the north, dragging a weak front our way by Wednesday. Rainfall chances will be small and amounts light, but showers could be scattered around through the latter half of the week.
