WATCHING THE GULF: A broad low in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico is drifting northward, and will push deeper moisture up into Alabama in coming days. Odds are fairly low (30 percent) this becomes a tropical or sub-tropical storm, but the impact will be same one way or another; higher rain chances for the Southeast U.S. this week and into the weekend. Continue reading →

REST OF THE WEEK: Tomorrow will be dry with a mix of sun and clouds; the high will be in the low 70s for most communities. Clouds thicken tomorrow night, and Thursday looks wet with occasional rain throughout the day. We won’t get out of the 60s Thursday due to clouds and rain. Then, on Friday, we expect some sun during the day, but a few showers are possible Friday afternoon and Friday evening ahead of an approaching cold front. Moisture will be pretty limited, and rain amounts should be light. Continue reading →

UPPER LOW TO THE NORTH: Not much change in our weather today; an upper low near Nashville will continue to bring cloudy periods to the northern half of the state with some risk of widely scattered showers, mostly this afternoon and early tonight. The high should be close to 70 degrees this afternoon, below the average high of 76 for April 24 (at Birmingham). Continue reading →

UPPER LOW NEARBY: A deep upper low is passing north of Alabama, and is responsible for scattered showers across the state this afternoon. Most of the rain at mid-afternoon was east of I-65, and north of I-20. Away from the showers we are seeing some breaks in the cloud cover, and temperatures are mostly in the upper 60s and low 70s. Showers will taper off later this evening once the sun goes down. Continue reading →

ON THE MAPS: A deep upper low is over Arkansas this morning; the heavy rain we had last night is now well to the east… and we see only a few scattered, light rain showers over North Alabama. Today will feature more clouds than sun for the northern half of the state, and we will maintain the chance of a few scattered showers as the upper low approaches. Nothing too heavy or widespread; the high this afternoon will be close to 70 degrees. Continue reading →

BIG THERMAL CONTRAST: As expected, we have a big thermal range across Alabama this afternoon thanks to a cold front that is near I-59 at 3:00 p.m. Temperatures have slipped into the chilly upper 40s at Haleyville and Cullman, but are close to 70 degrees south of I-20. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Rain is falling this afernoon over the Tennessee Valley of far North Alabama, back down into the northern half of Mississippi. Otherwise, the sky is mostly cloudy across Alabama this afternoon with temperatures generally in the 60s. Continue reading →

RADAR CHECK: Rain has moved into parts of West Alabama early this morning ahead of a Pacific front, and we will mention the risk of rain showers today statewide. But, this won’t be a big rain event with limited moisture and weak dynamic forcing… most places will see amounts under a quarter of an inch. Otherwise, today will be mostly cloudy with a high in the 60s. Continue reading →

SHOWERS RETURN: The sky will become mostly cloudy across Alabama tonight ahead of a Pacific front that will bring showers to the state tomorrow. The rain won’t be too widespread or heavy, but one or two passing showers are a pretty good possibility. Rain amounts will be under 1/2 inch for most places, and while some thunder is possible, it is not especially likely. And, no risk of severe storms. Otherwise, tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high in the 60s. Continue reading →

COLD FRONT ON THE WAY: With a good supply of sunshine, temperatures are in the 67-70 degree range this afternoon across North/Central Alabama. Clouds will increase across Alabama tonight ahead of an approaching cold front.

A band of showers and storms will pass through the state tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night; the main window for rain will come from 12:00 noon through 12:00 midnight. Continue reading →