RADAR CHECK: Scattered showers and storms are moving eastward across Alabama this afternoon. Nothing severe, but a few spots are seeing heavy rain and some lightning. Otherwise, we have more clouds than sun with temperatures generally in the mid 80s. Showers will remain possible tonight in the soupy air over Alabama. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: We have a number of showers and thunderstorms in progress over Alabama early this morning… nothing severe, but a few storms are producing heavy rain. The sky will be occasionally cloudy today with some rain likely at times. It won’t rain everywhere, but any one spot stands a 50-60 percent chancer of getting wet. Temperatures remain below average with highs in the mid 80s. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Showers and storms are most active east of I-65 (over the eastern half of Alabama) this afternoon… but we note new scattered showers forming on the western side of the state as well. The sky is generally cloudy, and temperatures are in the 78-84 degree range at most locations, well below average for mid-August. Scattered showers remain possible tonight as moist air will move slowly northward. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Patches of mostly light rain linger over North Alabama this afternoon, while heavier thunderstorms are forming over the southwest part of the state, where the air is hot and unstable. Sunshine is fairly limited, and temperatures are only in the 70s over the northern counties thanks to clouds and showers. The heavier storms over Southwest Alabama will taper off after sunset Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: A mass of showers and thunderstorms is pushing into West Alabama early this morning ahead of a disturbance over the Mid-South moving down through the northwest flow aloft over the region. Expect scattered to numerous showers and storms today, but still it won’t rain everywhere (summer rain distribution is always uneven here). Heavier storms this afternoon will shift down into South Alabama, where the air will be more unstable. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: As expected, the stronger thunderstorms across Alabama today are over the southwest corner of the state, where parts of Mobile and Baldwin counties are under a severe thunderstorm warning as I write this at mid-afternoon. These storms are south of a surface front; north of that boundary the sky is partly to mostly sunny over the central counties of the state. Continue reading →

SHOWER/STORM COVERAGE INCREASING: A surface front will approach the Alabama/Tennessee border over the next 24 hours, bringing an increase in the number of scattered showers and storms to the state. We can’t promise rain for everyone later today, but any one spot will have a 45-55 percent chance of getting wet for a time or two. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms for the northern quarter of the state this afternoon. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Rain and thunderstorms continue across Northwest Alabama early this morning around sunrise… rain is heavy in spots from Jasper to Muscle Shoals. A few scattered showers are also near the Gulf Coast… much of Central Alabama is dry to start the day. We expect scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms today statewide as moisture surges northward from the south, and a weak surface front approaches from the north. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Strong to severe thunderstorms are pushing through Southwest Alabama this afternoon, where a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 8:00 p.m. The main threat with the stronger storms will come from strong straight line winds; some hail is possible as well. Continue reading →