Tag Archives: wet
Rain Tonight; Sunny Tomorrow
WET: A large mass of rain covers much of North/Central Alabama this afternoon. Not seeing any lightning over the northern half of the state; the best instability is over South Alabama, where SPC maintains a “slight risk” (level 2/5) of severe storms for tonight. The risk of severe thunderstorm activity for North Alabama is very low, although a “marginal risk” is still in play. Continue reading
Dry Air Returns Tomorrow; Eyes On The Western Gulf
WET DAY: Rain covers much of Alabama this afternoon; so far the heavier totals have been over the southern half of the state, close to a stalled front. Rain will continue at times through tonight, and potential for strong storms remains over far South Alabama, where unstable air is in place. SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) for areas south of a line from Sweetwater to Greenville to Abbeville. Continue reading
Rain Today; Strong Storms Over South Alabama
WET: Beneficial rain will fall on much of Alabama today thanks to an upper wave interacting with a stalled surface front over South Alabama. Continue reading
Unsettled Weather Continues Today; Drier Tomorrow
WET AT TIMES: We are forecasting scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across Alabama today as a very moist airmass remains in place, and a surface front approaches. We do expect some sun today, and it will be warmer with a high back in the mid 80s for most communities. Continue reading
Drier Air Arrives Wednesday
WET SUMMER DAY: As advertised, this has been a very wet late August day across Alabama, and rain remains widespread across the state this afternoon. Temperatures are only in the 70s due to clouds and rain, and Fort Payne reports a cool 68 degrees at mid-afternoon. Periods of rain will continue tonight as an upper trough interacts with deep tropical moisture in place across the state. Continue reading
Wet, Unsettled Weather Through Early Next Week
ACTIVE AFTERNOON: Clusters of showers and thunderstorms continue to move eastward across Alabama this afternoon; a flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Jefferson and Shelby Counties… the southeast part of the Birmingham metro; radar suggests 2-3 inches of rain has fallen in this area. Continue reading
Wet At Times Through Early Next Week
UNSETTLED PATTERN SETS UP: With an increasingly moist and unstable airmass, we are expecting rather unsettled weather across Alabama today, over the weekend, and into early next week. This will give much of the state a chance of receiving beneficial rain over the next five days. Continue reading
Occasional Showers/Storms Through Monday
ACTIVE PATTERN CONTINUES: An upper low just northwest of Alabama continues to interact with a tropical airmass over the region, and will keep the weather unsettled through the weekend. On radar this afternoon, we have one batch of strong storms moving into Georgia, but more showers and thunderstorms are developing rapidly over the northwest counties of the state. Temperatures are in the 70s where rain is falling, and in the 80s elsewhere. Continue reading
Occasional Rain Through Monday
WET PATTERN CONTINUES: A deep layer of tropical moisture will persist over Alabama through the weekend, meaning a continued wet pattern with occasional showers and thunderstorms daily. SPC has the southern two-thirds of the state in a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe storms for today. Continue reading
Wet/Unsettled Weather Through The Weekend
WET PATTERN CONTINUES: Radar shows large areas of rain across Alabama this afternoon… mostly light to moderate rain over the northern half of the state, with heavier storms near the Gulf Coast. A large waterspout was over Mobile Bay around 12:15 this afternoon, but thankfully dissipated before moving into Baldwin County. Periods of rain will continue tonight across the state in the moist, tropical environment. Continue reading
