Clouds Tonight; Only A Few Sprinkles

BLUE SKY: After lows in the upper 20s and lows 30s, temperatures have recovered nicely across Alabama this afternoon… most communities are close to 60 degrees. Clouds will increase across the state tonight thanks to an upper trough, but the air is very dry, and we don’t expect anything more than a few scattered sprinkles over the northern half of the state. A few light showers are likely over South Alabama.

TOMORROW/WEDNESDAY: These two days will be dry with ample sunshine and a warming trend. We rise into the mid 60s tomorrow, followed by low to mid 70s Wednesday.

RAIN RETURNS LATE IN THE WEEK: Clouds will slowly increase Thursday, and we expect a pretty decent chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night into Friday morning. For now it looks like the main window for rain will come from 3:00 p.m. Thursday until 8:00 a.m. Friday. SPC has identified a risk of severe storms west of Alabama on their “Day 4” outlook for Thursday, but at the moment the severe weather threat for Alabama looks fairly low with limited moisture and instability levels.

The chance of rain is fairly low (but not zero) Friday afternoon and Friday night; the high Friday will be in the mid 70s.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Looks like this will be the warmest weekend so far this year; afternoon highs will be close to 80 degrees Saturday and Sunday. The weather will be somewhat unsettled with a moist, unstable airmass in place. The sky will be cloudy at times, and we will forecast scattered showers and thunderstorms both days. No “wash out” kind of weekend, but no doubt will rain at times.

An organized round of showers and storms is possible Sunday night with the approach of an upper trough, those storms could pack a punch.

NEXT WEEK: Showers and storms should end pretty early Monday morning, and for now the weather looks mostly dry Tuesday through Thursday with highs well up in the 70s. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.

LATE SEASON FREEZE: Here are some lows from around Alabama this morning…

Black Creek 26
Millport 27
Hamilton 28
Haleyville 30
Gadsden 31
Addison 31
Coker 31
Grayson Valley 31
Birmingham 32
Arley 32
Heflin 33
Weaver 34
Jemison 35

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