Midday Nowcast: Increasing Clouds, Rain on the Way

Happy Friday everyone, it is a decent day across Alabama, but clouds are increasing today as our next weather system approaches from the west. Rain should begin to enter west and southwest Alabama during the evening hours, and will spread through the state as we head through the overnight hours.

It will be a nice, soaking rain with rainfall totals around one inch, with some isolated higher amounts.

We may have a few rumbles of thunder, but there is no threat of severe weather for most of the state. The low will remain to the south of us along the Gulf Coast; some strong storms will be possible down that way.

The SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1 of 5) of severe thunderstorms for areas along the immediate Gulf Coast tonight. Storms down that way could produce strong gusty winds, and a brief, isolated tornado can’t be ruled.

ACROSS THE USA: Alaska will continue to be affected by a strong storm moving through the Bering Sea with heavy precipitation and strong winds. Meanwhile from the Pacific Northwest into the Southern Plains, a wintry mix will result in hazardous traveling conditions through today. Rain and a few thunderstorms spreads along the Gulf Coast then tracks northeast this weekend. Ice, snow, wind and heavy rain are likely.

WEEKEND WEATHER: The rain ends during the early morning hours tomorrow with clouds likely lingering most of the day. Late during the afternoon hours, the sky will begin to gradually clear. Sunday will be dry with a mostly sunny sky, and highs both days this weekend will be in the 50s.

NEXT WEEK: A dynamic system will bring rain and storms back to Alabama Monday night into Tuesday. This system has the potential to produce 1-2 inches of rain, but could also bring some strong storms back to the state as the low will be to the north of us. Ahead of the thunderstorms, gradient winds (not related to thunderstorms) will be strong, possibly gusting to 40 mph in spots.

The SPC has the southern third of the state highlighted in a risk of severe storms on their “Day 4 Convective Outlook.” For South Alabama the main threat from stronger storms will come from strong winds, but again a brief tornado or two will be possible. At the moment it looks like most of the rain will come from about midnight Monday night through noon Tuesday. We will continue to monitor trends with this system as the severe weather threat could continue to move farther north in future forecasts.

REST OF WEEK: Wednesday, Thursday, and most of Friday it will be dry with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s. The next rain maker looks to arrive late Friday and into the weekend.

BEACH FORECAST CENTER: Get the latest weather and rip current forecasts for the beaches from Fort Morgan to Panama City on our Beach Forecast Center page. There, you can select the forecast of the region that you are interested in visiting.

WORLD TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation outside the U.S. was 114.4F at Siteki, Eswatini. The lowest observation was -65.6F at Delyankir, Russia.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 80F at Hollywood, FL. The lowest observation was -9F at Mount Washington, NH.

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