Early Afternoon, Alabama & Elsewhere

This weather is about as UnOctober-like as it can be in Alabama. And the adventure is not over.

More to come.

There is an old stalled front along the Alabama-NW Florida Coast. It is expected to move back north as a warm front but it acts like it is scared to.

But it will. Some of the thunderstorms near and north of that front this afternoon could be strong, possibly even a few severe. However, no part of Alabama is outlined as even a slight risk by the Storm Prediction Center.

At 12:45 pm, a line of heavy showers, along with a few thunderstorms, extended from near Brewton, close to the Florida border, NE to Troy and to near Phenix City. Moving generally eastward.

Meanwhile, over the north half of Alabama where a Flash Flood Watch continues until 4 pm, the rain was not nearly as heavy. It was widespread but mostly light to moderate.

Yet, we look to the west through the miracle of radar and we see a big batch of moderate to heavy rain across Central Mississippi headed toward the ENE determined to spread into West Central Alabama.

So, don’t give up. If you have not had enough rain. please wait.

Actually, it seems like the Alabama ground could not absorb another single drop of rain. Most of the additional rain will be runoff.

FIRST SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURE
The low at St. Mary, Mont., this morning was 2 below zero. I believe that is the first sub zero low in the good ole USA this season. The elevation of that station is4575 feet so it is not a high mountain station. Billings, Mont., reports the coldest first 11 days of October by a wide margin.

Over the weekend, 17 inches of snow accumulated at Virginia Dale, Colo., and 10 inches at Chugwater, Wyo.

Would you like to have some low temperatures close to 40 by this weekend, with upper 30s in the NE Alabama valleys?

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