Rain showers, some heavy, continue over mainly the eastern half of North and Central Alabama, but more showers are developing over western sections still.
So, showers will be less widespread, but will still be around for the next couple of hours for Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and through at least sunset in eastern sections…but we still expect dry conditions later tonight for your New Years Eve celebrations.
The visible hi-res satellite tells the story of the cloud cover…with heavy clouds over much of Alabama except for the western border counties, where there are some peeks of sunshine. The clearing line is sharply defined back over eastern Mississippi. Skies will become partly cloudy in Tuscaloosa shortly and clear by mid afternoon. In Birmingham, we should see some sun before sunset with skies going clear after dark. There could be a little fog tonight with the clearing skies and moist ground, but hopefully our winds will stay up enough to kep it from becoming a problem.
Our upper low is back to the northwest over Missouri, and it is lifting out to the northeast. But it has quite a bit of wraparound cloudiness extending back over Oklahoma and Arkansas. This cloudiness will move back over Alabama later tonight and be with us through Monday morning.
