SUNNY AFTERNOON: We are enjoying a sunny sky across Alabama this afternoon; temperatures are in the 76-80 degree range at most places. The average high for Birmingham on October 1 is 80. A new surge of cooler air moves into the state tonight; we drop into 40s early tomorrow morning. Continue reading →

TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: Dry weather continues. A fresh surge of cool, dry air arrives Friday, and that could push some of the colder spots into the upper 30s early Saturday morning. Look for sunny days and fair nights through Saturday. A few scattered clouds will show up Sunday with an upper trough passing through, but for now the air looks too dry for any rain across the state. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: We still have a few patches of light rain over Southeast Alabama, but the sky has become partly sunny across much of the state as drier air punches into the state in the wake of a passing long wave upper trough. The average high for Birmingham on September 29 is 81; some East Alabama communities are twenty degrees below that level this afternoon. We are seeing low to mid 70s over on the western side of the state where the sun is back in full force. Continue reading →

DRIER TODAY: Clouds continue to blanket Alabama early this morning, but the big rain mass associated with the remnant circulation of former Tropical Storm Beta has moved out of the state. Clouds will linger this morning, but some sun could break through the clouds this afternoon as drier air creeps into the state… the high today will be in the 74-78 degree range. Continue reading →

THIS AFTERNOON: A canopy of cirrus clouds is over Alabama this afternoon, streaming into the state from Tropical Depression 22 in the western Gulf of Mexico. We note some patchy light rain over the southwest corner of the state, otherwise it is a dry afternoon with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s for most places. Continue reading →

DRY PATTERN: Look for a partly sunny sky across the great state of Alabama today with a high this afternoon in the low to mid 80s. The average high at Birmingham for September 18 is 85. The sky will stay fair tonight; it will be a very pleasant night for high school football games with temperatures falling through the 70s. Continue reading →

DRIER AIR MOVING IN: After morning clouds the sky is now partly sunny across Alabama; temperatures are in the low to mid 80s in most communities, close to seasonal averages for mid-September. Tonight will be mostly fair with a low in the mid 60s. Continue reading →

WARM, DRY AFTERNOON: Another quiet day in the weather office. The sky is mostly sunny across Alabama with temperatures generally in the upper 80s, right at seasonal averages. Tonight will be mostly fair with a low between 69 and 73 degrees. Continue reading →

ANOTHER QUIET DAY AHEAD: We expect few, if any showers over the northern 2/3 of Alabama today… the sky will be partly to mostly sunny with a high in the 87-90 degree range. The average high for Birmingham on September 9 is 88. Isolated showers could form this afternoon over South Alabama, but even there most communities will remain dry. Continue reading →

WARM, QUIET DAY: The sky is partly sunny across much of Alabama with temperatures in the upper 80s at mid-afternoon. There are a few isolated showers over the southwest counties of the state, but the day is rain-free across the rest of the state. We also note a little smoke filtering into Alabama in the high altitudes from the western U.S. wildfires. Continue reading →