HEAT WAVE ROLLS ALONG: We are projecting a high of 96 in Birmingham today… if we reach that, it will be hottest October day on record. The current record for the month is 94… recorded on these dates: October 1, … Continue reading →

ANOTHER HOT ONE: We are wrapping up the month of September with highs mostly in the mid 90s again. For the month of September, temperatures have exceeded 90 degrees at Birmingham on all but two days this month, and the average high for the month is 94.3 degrees. We have a field of fair weather cumulus clouds over the state, and there is nothing on radar. The rain total for the month of September at Birmingham will wind up at 0.56″. We have had measurable rain on only two days this month. Continue reading →

NUMBER TWO: The mean temperature this month so far at Birmingham is 82.0 degrees… this will wind up as the second warmest September on record. The hottest was September 1925, when the mean was 84.2 degrees.

Our weather won’t change much this week as a very strong upper high remains right over us; look for partly to mostly sunny days, highs in the mid 90s, and only isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Continue reading →

ANOTHER HOT ONE: Temperatures are generally in the low to mid 90s across Alabama this afternoon, and like recent days, we have a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. One of those passed over Oxford and Anniston earlier this afternoon, dropping the temperature at the Anniston airport to 79 degrees. Any lingering showers will fade away after sunset. Continue reading →

FALL HEAT WAVE ROLLS ALONG: A strong upper ridge of high pressure simply won’t budge much over the next five to seven days, meaning Alabama’s weather won’t change much. Look for partly to mostly sunny days through the weekend with only isolated afternoon and evening showers or storms; odds of any one place seeing rain will remain in the 10-20 percent range. Highs will remain generally in the mid 90s… right at record levels for this time of the year. Continue reading →

STILL HOT: Temperatures are mostly in the low to mid 90s across Alabama this afternoon with a partly sunny sky. We have a few small, isolated showers on radar, but most places stay dry, and those isolated showers will end once the sun goes down later this evening. Continue reading →

HOT AFTERNOONS: A strong ridge in the upper atmosphere will remain parked across the Deep South through the weekend, meaning little change in the Alabama weather situation. Partly sunny days, fair nights, and only isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Odds of any one spot getting a shower each afternoon will remain in the 10-20 percent range, and afternoon highs will be in the mid 90s, a good 10-12 degrees above average for late September in Alabama. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: As advertised this morning, we have a few isolated showers across Alabama this afternoon… they are moving to the east, and will fizzle out once the sun goes down. Most places remain dry, and away from the showers temperatures are in the low to mid 80s. The average high for September 25 at Birmingham is 82, and the record high is 98 set in 2016. Continue reading →

COOL START: A surface front is draped across Central Alabama this morning; north of the front we are seeing temperatures well down in the 50s as the day begins… some of the cooler spots:

Black Creek (just northeast of Gadsden) 50
Fort Payne 53
Gadsden 54
Pell City 55 Continue reading →

ON THE MAPS: A surface front is across North Alabama this afternoon; north of the front we have a cloudless sky with drier air and lower dew points… south of the front we have a field of cumulus clouds, and a few isolated showers. North of the front temperatures are mostly in the upper 80s, and we have low 90s south of the boundary. The isolated showers will end later this evening once the sun goes down. Continue reading →