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Mainly Cloudy With Showers Out There At Midday
We have some scattered shower activity stretching across the central parts of central Alabama at this point of the first full day of Winter (solstice occurred at 10:28 AM on Thursday), mainly from Forkland and Eutaw, to Coaling and West Blocton, and spreading out a little more from Leeds to Childersburg and all of the way over to Oxford. Continue reading
Rain, Then Cold Air Arrives For Christmas
WET, THEN COLD: An upper trough will be lifting out of the Southwest U.S. today, and will bring lots of rain to the southern U.S. over the next 36 hours. We note a flash flood watch is in effect for parts of Tennessee and far North Mississippi, where rain amounts could exceed 3 inches… Continue reading
More Rain Ahead; Much Colder By Christmas
MORE RAIN ON THE WAY: Another upper trough will lift out of the Southwest U.S. over the next 24 hours; tomorrow will be a mostly cloudy day with some risk of showers, but the most widespread rain will come tomorrow night into Saturday morning. Seems like the main window for rain comes from 12:00 midnight tomorrow night through 12:00 noon Saturday. Continue reading
Much Colder By Sunday/Christmas Day
STILL MILD THROUGH TOMORROW: We are forecasting a high in the mid to upper 60s across much of Alabama today, about ten degrees above average for late December. The day will be dry with a mix of sun and clouds. The weather stays mild tomorrow, but the day will be mostly cloudy with some risk of scattered showers. But, the next organized rain for the state comes tomorrow night into Saturday thanks to an approaching cold front. Continue reading
Rain Returns Saturday; Much Colder Sunday
RADAR CHECK: After the soaking rain this morning; the sun managed to peek through the clouds across parts of Alabama during the midday hours, pushing temperatures into the low 70s, and making the air rather unstable. A number of scattered showers are on radar at mid-afternoon… moving east. Little thunder, and no additional risk of severe storms. Continue reading
A Brief Look At Central Alabama’s Weather Situation At Midday
The good news is that the severe weather threat for much of Central Alabama is over. The bad news is that there is a broken line of intense rainfall that has the potential for isolated damaging wind gusts and a brief spin-up tornado or two that is stretching from Roanoke to Alexander City to Eclectic to Montgomery to White Hall. Continue reading
A Brief Update On North/Central Alabama’s Weather
The squall line is pushing off to the east at the moment, with the leading edge stretching from Ranburne to Talladega Springs to Calera and ending just north of Brent. Continue reading
Wet, Stormy Today… Much Colder By Christmas
SOAKING RAINS: A flash flood watch remains in effect for the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama this morning; radar shows widespread, soaking rain in most areas north of I-20. The rain will slowly expand southward today, and with some surface based instability involved, we could see a few strong thunderstorms later this morning. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” of severe storms for much of Central Alabama… Continue reading
A Late Tuesday Night Look At Wednesday’s Possible Severe Weather
Nearly all of Central Alabama, with the exception of the extreme southeastern corner of the area, has been defined in a Marginal Risk for severe storms during the day on Wednesday. Continue reading
Heavy Rain/Strong Storms Through Tomorrow
BIG SOAKING AHEAD: An upper trough lifting out of the Southwest U.S. will bring lots of rain to Alabama over the next 24 hours. The NWS office in Huntsville has issued a Flash Flood Watch for their counties… up in the Tennessee Valley for the possibility of 2-3 inches of rain… Continue reading
