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Another Warm, Humid Day With Scattered Storms This Afternoon
NEW DAY, OLD FORECAST: It is that time of the year when the weather in Alabama just doesn’t change much. There is nothing on radar early this morning, but later today random, scattered showers and thunderstorms will form during the afternoon and evening hours. Like recent days, they will be slow movers, and will produce heavy rain, strong gusty winds, and lots of lightning. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Hot End to the Work Week
It’s a mainly sunny and hot end to the week with temperatures surging into the low and mid 90s across Alabama this afternoon. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Quiet for Now, but Rain and Storms Return this Afternoon
At the writing of this forecast, late morning, the radar is relatively quiet, but like the past few days, as daytime heating increases, so will instability, fueling those scattered to numerous showers and and storms to develop. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Rain and Storms Increase this Afternoon
Today, we continue the radar as some showers have been ongoing this morning, but like the past few days, as daytime heating continues to increase, so will instability, allowing for scattered to numerous showers and storms to develop. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: A Sea of Humidity
We have been dealing with an active radar for areas north of Birmingham, and we will continue to deal with pockets of rain and storms across the northern parts of the state due to a weak surface trough sinking south. Continue reading
Showers/Storms More Numerous Tomorrow; Heat Levels Down
RADAR CHECK: Scattered showers and storms are in progress across Alabama this afternoon… the most numerous ones at mid-afternoon are over the southern half of the state. Additional thunderstorms are expected to form over North Alabama over the next few hours ahead of a weak surface front over Tennessee, and those could be strong. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Higher Rain Chances Ahead
It is another hot and humid day with temperatures surging into the low and mid 90s across Alabama this afternoon. The surface boundary to our north is slowly sinking south bringing much higher rain chances across northern portions of the state today. Continue reading
Rain Chances Going Up; Heat Levels Coming Down
SHOWER/STORM COVERAGE INCREASING: A surface front will approach the Alabama/Tennessee border over the next 24 hours, bringing an increase in the number of scattered showers and storms to the state. We can’t promise rain for everyone later today, but any one spot will have a 45-55 percent chance of getting wet for a time or two. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms for the northern quarter of the state this afternoon. Continue reading
Showers/Storms Increasing In Number This Weekend
RADAR CHECK: Most of the showers and thunderstorms today are over the far southern part of the state, in association with the sea breeze front. Showers elsewhere are few and far between. The sky is partly sunny with temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Showers will end after sunset, and tonight will be mostly fair with a low in the 70s. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Another Alabama Scorcher
Another day with more sunshine than clouds and some isolated showers and storms on the radar this afternoon. It’s a scorcher out there with low and mid 90s common across the Alabama landscape. Continue reading
