Midday Nowcast: Warm Today, Wet and Much Cooler Tomorrow

SPLENDID SPRING DAY: The clear sky from this morning is slowing seeing clouds increase from the west and southwest ahead of our next weather system that will bring some showers to Alabama tonight and more widespread rain tomorrow. For the rest of today, expect the sky to become partly sunny with afternoon highs well into the 70s.

WET FRIDAY: Rain returns late tonight and will continue through the day tomorrow as a low pressure tracks along the Gulf Coast. With the low to the south of us, there is no threat of severe weather and very little thunder is expected.

If there are any stronger storms tomorrow, they will be confined to the to the beaches of South Alabama and Northwest Florida. Rain amounts should be in the 1/2-1 inch range.

Highs tomorrow will struggle to reach the low 60s and many places are likely to remain in the 50s all day. It will be very cool, wet, dreary winter-like day for North/Central Alabama.

The rain will continue into tomorrow night and we will maintain the chance of a few lingering showers over the eastern counties Saturday, while the rest of Alabama will likely remain cloudy most of the day. Highs Saturday will be in the low to mid 60s. Drier air will filter into the state Saturday night and the sky will clear overnight. It will be a cold night with lows in the 30s and 40s.

SUNNY SUNDAY: Sunshine returns in full supply Sunday and it will be the better day of weather this weekend. Highs Sunday should return to seasonal values with low 70s expected.

NEXT WEEK: Monday will be dry with a high in the low to mid 70s, then rain and storms return to the state Tuesday. Some strong storms are possible but for now, the severe weather threat looks low due to lack of surface based instability and the main dynamic support passing to the north. We will keep an eye on trends in the coming days as the severe weather threat could increase. We note the SPC has most of Mississippi in a risk of severe weather on Monday.

Wednesday and Thursday look dry, beyond that model madness is giving us very little confidence in the Easter weekend forecast. Current model output still suggests some rain and storms on Friday or Saturday with another possible late season cold snap. Again this will change, and we are just watching trends. Highs most of next week will be in the 60s and 70s across Alabama.

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 117.1F at Nalnut, Libya. The lowest observation was -86.6F at Concordia, Antarctica.

CONTIGUOUS TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Over the last 24 hours, the highest observation was 88F at Death Valley, CA. The lowest observation was -8F at Forest Center, MN.

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