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Potential For Record Warmth Continues Through Friday

WARM LATE WINTER AFTERNOON: Birmingham is reporting 78 degrees at 3:00… that is a new record high for February 19, beating the old record of 76 set in 1986. Huntsville is also in record territory at 77… Continue reading →

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Quite A Nice Midday Across Central Alabama

We currently have partly to mostly clear skies across Central Alabama as we have reached the 1:00 PM hour on this President’s Day. Temperatures are quite warm as well, with readings in the 69 to 81 degree range from north … Continue reading →

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Potential For Record Warmth This Week

HOLY HIGH AMPLITUDE: A very high amplitude upper air pattern is setting up over the continental U.S. this week… a very cold upper trough will be over the western states, but we will be influenced by a strong upper high over the east. This will set up blowtorch warmth over the eastern and southern states this week, with potential for record warmth. Continue reading →

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On This Day In Alabama History: Homer Hickam Was Born In West Virginia

February 19, 1943: Author and aerospace engineer Homer Hickam was born in West Virginia. A U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Hickam later spent 27 years as an engineer for the federal government, including a combined 24 years at Redstone Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Continue reading →

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A Gray Midday With Scattered Showers Out There

We have mainly cloudy skies across much of Central Alabama at this point, with partly cloudy to mostly clear skies in the extreme southern parts of the area. Continue reading →

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Pattern for Record Warmth

Sunday will be relatively cool when compared to the forecast highs for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday when a strong upper ridge brings the potential for record-setting highs for the first half of the week. Continue reading →

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Nice And Mild At Midday, But Showers Are Moving In

For most of Central Alabama, we have more clouds than sun, but temperatures have really warmed nicely with the exception of the extreme northern parts of the area. Continue reading →

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Wet and Warm for the Week Ahead

With a strong ridge centered over Florida and the Bahamas, the weather across the Southeast US will remain warm for the week ahead. However, the ridge also maintains a tap into Pacific moisture keeping our sky cloudy much of the time with rain chances just about every day for the week ahead. Continue reading →

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Colder Air Enters North Alabama

BIG THERMAL CONTRAST: As expected, we have a big thermal range across Alabama this afternoon thanks to a cold front that is near I-59 at 3:00 p.m. Temperatures have slipped into the chilly upper 40s at Haleyville and Cullman, but are close to 70 degrees south of I-20. Continue reading →

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Colder Air For North Alabama; Some Rain At Times

A cold front will enter North Alabama later today, setting up a big thermal contrast across the state. If you are in places like Muscle Shoals, Huntsville, Scottsboro, Hamilton, Haleyville, Cullman, or Fort Payne, temperatures will be falling through the 50s today, potentially winding up in the upper 40s by mid to late afternoon with a north breeze. Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Anniston, and Gadsden will remain in the 60s through early afternoon, but temperatures will fall into the 50s late in the day as winds veer around to the north. Continue reading →

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