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Midday Nowcast: Cold with Clouds and Light Wintry Precipitation
An upper-level shortwave is tracking across the state today and is bringing us more clouds than sun, and even a few light showers on the radar with some sleet and graupel being reported. Continue reading
Freezing Fog Early This Morning; Isolated Showers Later Today
ICY BRIDGES: Fog is fairly widespread across Alabama early this morning, and with temperatures below freezing, the “freezing fog” is creating ice on bridges and overpasses. Many wrecks have already been reported; be VERY careful if you are driving early this morning. Temperatures will be above freezing by 9:00 a.m. Continue reading
Small Risk Of A Shower Tomorrow; Mostly Dry Through The Weekend
THIS AFTERNOON: The sun is shining brightly this afternoon north and west of a line from Butler to Tuscaloosa to Lake Guntersville, but to the south and east clouds are hanging tough. Temperatures are only in the 30s under the cloud cover, but in the 40s where the sky has cleared. Most places will see a freeze tonight, with lows early tomorrow ranging from 25 to 33. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: Cold with Slow Clearing
A cloudy and cold day for Alabama, and though dry air is working into the state, it it taking it time in eroding the clouds across the area. Continue reading
Quiet Weather Pattern Ahead For Alabama
CLOUDY, COLD MORNING: Temperatures are generally below freezing early this morning in areas north and west of Birmingham, where snow was falling at this time yesterday. Keep in mind a little patchy black ice is possible on bridges there, but elsewhere we are seeing mostly mid to upper 30s at daybreak. We expect some gradual clearing this afternoon, especially over West Alabama, as dry air slowly pushes into the state. Continue reading
Clouds Linger Tonight; Slow Clearing Tomorrow
RADAR CHECK: We have lingering patches of light rain over the eastern half of Alabama this afternoon; the snow has needed over the northern and western counties. Some of the heaviest snow this morning was over Pickens, Lamar, Fayette, Marion, and Winston counties, where a few spots saw two to three inches. The rain moves out of the state this evening, but clouds linger tonight. Continue reading
Snow For Some; Rain For Most Of Alabama Today
RADAR CHECK: This morning snow is falling across Alabama generally north of a line from Aliceville to Jasper to Cullman to Guntersville; south of that line it is mostly rain along with some sleet. Continue reading
Cold, Dry Weekend; Rain Monday Along With Some Snow
COLD WINTER DAY: Temperatures just haven’t budged across Alabama today. They are generally between 35 and 43 degrees at mid-afternoon; the average high for Birmingham on January 8 is 53. Clouds persist over the state, but the precipitation has ended. We expect gradual clearing late tonight… the low early tomorrow will be in the mid to upper 20s. Continue reading
Midday Nowcast: A Raw, Winter Day
The cold core upper low continues to move over Alabama today, and it remains a cloudy and cold day for Alabama with areas of lingering light rain, with some snow flakes and ice pellets mixed in as well. Continue reading
Cold Air Stays In Place Through The Weekend
COLD, DAMP DAY: Cloudy, cold, damp weather continues across Alabama today. There is some lingering rain early this morning south and east of Birmingham, with scattered patches of drizzle elsewhere. The precipitation will end later this morning, but clouds linger through the day with temperatures going nowhere. Most places hold in the 40s today; some communities across the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama won’t get out of the 30s. Continue reading
