JUST LIKE SUMMER: We are projecting a high between 87 and 90 degrees today, followed by low 90s tomorrow and Sunday. It will be the hottest weekend so far this year with sunny days and fair nights. Showers will be just about impossible to find; today will be the 15th consecutive day without measurable rain for Birmingham (based on data at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport). Continue reading →

TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND: It will be the hottest weekend so far this year. Mostly sunny days, fair nights. The high tomorrow will be in the 87-90 degree range, followed by highs between 89 and 82 Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading →

MOISTURE LEVELS SLOWLY RISING: As expected, we had a great day yesterday for solar eclipse viewing across the northern two-thirds of Alabama, but moisture levels begin to rise today, and a few spots could see a passing shower or thunderstorm this afternoon. Otherwise, today will be partly sunny with a high in the low 90s. Continue reading →

WEATHER FOR THE ECLIPSE: We will have a field of scattered to broken cumulus clouds, and maybe even a few isolated showers from Noon to 3:00 pm today, which will allow you to see most of the eclipse. Continue reading →

The weekend looks hot and mostly dry; we are forecasting a good supply of sunshine tomorrow and Sunday with highs up in the low to mid 90s. The chance of an afternoon shower is not zero, but it is so small that we won’t mention it in the forecast. Showers should be confined to far South Alabama, and even there they will be widely spaced. Continue reading →

QUIET PATTERN: While we will hang on to the risk of a few isolated showers or storms today, it sure looks like most of North and Central Alabama will be rain-free through early next week as drier air will slip into the state during the next 24 hours. The sky will be partly to mostly sunny today with a high at or just over 90 degrees. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: So far this afternoon, showers have been few and far between across the great state of Alabama, but we will maintain the chance of scattered storms through tonight as a moist airmass hangs over the state, and a surface front approaches from the north. Temperatures are mostly in the 88-91 degree range. Continue reading →

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: Fairly routine weather for August continues today and tomorrow across the great state of Alabama; partly sunny days with a few scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs pretty close to 90 degrees. Chance of any one spot getting wet both days is around 30 percent. Continue reading →

A CALMER AFERNOON: Not much to see on weather radar this afternoon; we have showers and storms over parts of West Alabama, but many communities are dry with a partly sunny sky. Temperatures are mostly in the 87 to 90 degree range. Showers will end later this evening once the sun goes down. Continue reading →