A Few Isolated Showers Possible Today & Saturday; Storms Move In For Sunday

Thursday’s Highs Remained Much Warmer Than Seasonal Averages
Most locations were a little cooler on Thursday compared to what we saw on Christmas Day thanks to a little extra cloud cover. Here is the list of high temperatures across Central Alabama:

Alexander City … 66ºF
Anniston … 71ºF
Auburn … 69ºF
Birmingham … 69ºF
Calera … 67ºF
Cullman … 64ºF
Gadsden … 65ºF
Haleyville … 61ºF
Marion … 69ºF
Montgomery … 72ºF
Pell City … 66ºF
Selma … 70ºF
Sylacauga … 68ºF
Troy … 73ºF

A Few Isolated Showers Possible On Friday
Ridging that has been in place over Central Alabama will be breaking down today as moisture will be pulled up from the Gulf of Mexico. We could see a few isolated showers across the southern two-thirds of the area, mainly along and south of the I-20 corridor. Highs will be in the mid-60s to the lower 70s across the area. Rain chances will be around 20%.

Rain Chances Ramp Up For The Central Alabama Weekend
The European and the GFS models have come into better agreement with our next cold front that will be affecting Central Alabama during the weekend. A low will start off at daybreak on Saturday in southwestern Kansas and will move northeast and will end up in southern Minnesota at midday on Sunday. Timing on this has slowed down as a few showers ahead of the cold front will be entering the western parts of the area late on Saturday. Highs will be in the upper 60s to the lower 70s.

On Sunday, the cold front continues to lag back before finally entering the western parts of Central Alabama by the evening hours. Both models have a secondary low forming along the front and will be up in Tennessee as the front enters the area. Rain and thunderstorms will become likely in the west during the morning hours and slowly progress eastward throughout the day. Both models have come into better agreement with surface-based instability, but clouds and lapse rates in the mid-levels not looking impressive at all could hamper the threat of any severe storms. At this point, a few strong storms are possible with a very minimal severe threat throughout the day. Highs will be in the mid-60s to the lower 70s. Rainfall amounts look to be in the 1/4 inch to 1-1/4 inch range from southeast to northwest.

Cooler To Start Next Week
Rain should be out of the area well before sunrise on Monday and skies will clear out nicely. We’ll end up with mostly sunny skies with much cooler temperatures. Highs look to top out in the mid-50s to the lower 60s.

New Years Eve Will Be OK, But New Years Day Looks To Be Wet
Tuesday looks to start off very nice but clouds will begin to move into Central Alabama during the late-night and overnight hours. Both the GFS and European models keep us dry through at least midnight. Afternoon highs will be in the lower to mid-50s and dropping into the upper 30s to the mid-40s by midnight.

Those models go off in completely different directions for the start of 2020 on Wednesday. The GFS has high pressure over the area and keeping us dry throughout the entire day. The European model has rain and storms moving across the area throughout the entire day and not coming to an end until late Thursday. I’ll go with the European model on this run and say showers and storms will be possible throughout all of Wednesday with afternoon highs in the 50s.

On Thursday, The GFS finally has rain moving into the area during the late morning hours and persisting throughout the entire day. As I mentioned earlier, the European model has rain ending during the late afternoon and into the early evening hours. I’ll side with the European once again and say rain and storms will be likely through the daylight hours but will be ending after sunset. Highs will be in the mid-50s to the mid-60s.

Voodoo Land
Temperatures out to the end of the forecast period will stay mainly in the 50s and 60s for highs, but a couple of those days look to stay in the 40s. Lows throughout the period will mostly be in the 40s and 50s, but a few of those lows look to be in the 30s. This can and probably will change as this is out in Voodoo Land.

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