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Our weather will remain dry through Wednesday with temperatures rising up into the low to mid 80s. Tomorrow will feature a good supply of sunshine. Wednesday will be a little more humid with scattered clouds around, but the rain should hold off until Thursday.
SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY: The 12Z model runs are a little more aggressive with the approaching short wave, and if this shows up again on the 00Z run this evening, I am sure SPC will have to put much of Alabama in a severe weather risk Thursday. Jason Simpson notes a forecast sounding for Tuscaloosa Thursday afternoon reveals an EHI of 6.4, which certainly gets your attention. See the Weather Xtreme video for other indices that also look impressive for Thursday afternoon.
Rain totals of 1/2 to one inch seem possible Thursday afternoon and Thursday night. Lets remember we still need rain; the rain deficiency for Birmingham this year is 1.36″, but Anniston needs almost four inches (3.92″) to get back to average values through early May.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: Drier air slips into Alabama Friday, and at this point the chance of rain looks very small. The old front will lift northward as a warm front Saturday, and could trigger a few widely scattered afternoon showers, but at this time we don’t expect any really widespread or heavy rain on Saturday.
Sunday looks like the wettest day of the weekend with a cold front moving through and a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
VOODOO LAND: The 12Z GFS hints at decent rain producing systems around May 16 and 21; still looks like we can expect a rain event about every four to five days for the next few weeks. Hopefully we can get some good rain in here before the long hot summer begins.
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