TURNING COLDER: This afternoon features a good supply of sunshine across Alabama with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, but colder air will filter into the state tonight, and most communities will be at or below freezing early tomorrow morning. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: We have a few showers on radar early this morning in a zone from near Greenville to Opelika… these will end soon and most of the state will be dry today. With a partly sunny sky we project a high in the 57-61 degree range for the northern half of the state, with 60s for South Alabama. Continue reading →

WET START: Rain is fairly widespread across Alabama early this morning ahead of a cold front about to enter the northwest corner of the state. Temperatures are between 55 and 60 degrees across the northern and central counties of the state, and this will be pretty much the high of the day. The rain will end during the midday hours, northwesters winds will increase, and temperatures will fall into the 40s by mid to late afternoon. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: The large mass of rain that was over Alabama this morning is now well east of the state, but clouds linger with temperatures in the 60s. A few showers are possible tonight with a passing cold front, but nothing too heavy or widespread. Continue reading →

WINDY/COOL: The big storms that moved trough the region last night and very early this morning have shifted down into the southern quarter of the state, and are much weaker. Following the storms, the sky becomes sunny today, but it will be windy and cool with a high only in the 60-65 degree range, about 20 degrees colder than yesterday. A northwest wind of 15-25 mph will make it feel colder. Continue reading →

WEDGE FRONT: Yesterday featured a huge thermal contrast across Alabama; the northeast corner of the state barely got out of the 40s, while parts of West Alabama flirted with 80 degree warmth. Cold air damming (CAD) was responsible for this; a pattern where cold air slips down the backbone of the Appalachian Mountains and into East Alabama. The wedge will be deeper today, and much of North and Central Alabama will hold in the 50s all day. Continue reading →

LATE SEASON COLD SNAP: A dry cold front moved through North/Central Alabama during the pre-dawn hours with gusty north winds; as a result today will be noticeably cooler. Despite a good supply of sunshine, the high today will be only in the 50-55 degree range.
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SUNNY AFTERNOON: As advertised, we have sunshine in full supply across most all of Alabama this afternoon as dry air has returned to the state. Temperatures are in the mid to upper 60s at most reporting stations. Continue reading →

RAW, COLD AFTERNOON: As expected, temperatures have been steadily falling across Alabama this afternoon, and some communities have reached the upper 30s over the northern quarter of the state. Some patchy light rain lingers over Central and South Alabama, but the storms we dealt with early this morning are long gone. Clouds cover all of our state now, but we expect clearing tonight as dry air works in. Continue reading →