Saturday Briefing — Dry to End 2023; Showers Possible for the Start of 2024

Up to this point at 6 am, from what I have been able to see from reports on social media, it looks like the lucky spots that had enough snow to at least to dust the grassy areas were up in the northeast corner of the state, especially in and around Mentone and DeSoto State Park. Once again, no travel issues being reported and all is good around the area.

So for today, we’ll start off with morning clouds across the area, but those will break somewhat, and we’ll end up with partly cloudy skies. Any shower activity has already moved out of the area, and it will be a dry and cool day across Central Alabama. Highs in the mid 40s to the lower 50s.

Sunday will be a much brighter and milder day across the area as we’ll have mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. Unfortunately, this warm-up is due to warm air advection out ahead of an approaching cold front. The good news is that we’ll be dry to ring in 2024.

New Year’s Day shows this system move into the area during the morning hours and will quickly trek across Central Alabama throughout the day. For now, the best rain chances lie across the southern half of the area with very limited moisture available for the northern half. However, cold air makes a return as highs only reach the mid 40s to the mid 50s for much of the area, while the extreme southeastern parts may hit the upper 50s to the lower 60s.

Tuesday will be a day that we’ll be in-between systems. It will be dry and cool across the area with highs in the lower to mid 50s under sunny skies.

Wednesday shows us that a shortwave will be moving across the area, but most of the moisture will be confined along the Gulf Coast throughout the day. However, some rain will be possible as far north as the I-20 corridor. Skies will be mostly cloudy with highs back down in the mid 40s to the mid 50s.

We have a quiet day in store for us on Thursday as it will be dry and very cool, even under mostly sunny skies. Highs in the mid 40s to the lower 50s.

And at the end of the forecast period on the first Friday of 2024… it will be slightly warmer underneath sunny skies as highs will reach the lower to mid 50s.

And just looking out there past the forecast period for our next chance of rain, and it is not that far away as Saturday the 6th looks to be a very wet day. A low looks to form and move across the Gulf Coast and will bring with it rain that for now looks to impact the entire state with the heavier amounts over the southern parts of the area. This is not a severe weather look, just a good dose of rain for Central Alabama.

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