WINDY, COOL AFTERNOON: Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across Alabama with a brisk north wind; wind gusts at mid-afternoon include 37 mph at Montgomery, 32 mph at Birmingham, 30 mph at Decatur, and 31 mph at Muscle Shoals, Selma, Prattville, and Greenville.
Frost and freeze conditions expected tonight. Frost advisory and freeze warnings issued.
A wind advisory has been posted for the northern 2/3 of Alabama until 6pm this evening.
Sunshine, blue sky, and below average temperatures highlight the forecast for today and tomorrow. Highs today will not make it out of the 50s and with a brisk north wind, it feels chillier.
COOL DAYS, COLD NIGHTS: No rain for Alabama through Sunday, but temperatures will be below average for late November as the coldest air so far season continues to drop into the Deep South.
DRY DAYS: The sky is mostly sunny across Alabama this afternoon with a cool north breeze. Tonight will be clear and colder with a low in 36-44 degree range.
The cold front is moving through the state today and the sky continues to clear. Highs today are in the upper 60s and lower 70s, but a brisk north wind is blowing in a colder air mass that we will feel tonight, and the rest of the week.
Records were set for both rainfall and temperatures at several central and north Alabama official climate reporting sites.
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A tornado struck south Tuscaloosa early on a Sunday morning on this date in 1988, damaging 15 homes, injuring seven, and prompting National Guard cleanup efforts.
CLEARING: We have leftover clouds over parts of Alabama this morning along with some scattered drizzle and patches of dense fog. Expect a clearing sky today as dry air punches in from the west.
Patchy dense fog possible across northern Alabama tonight.
RADAR CHECK: Rain is widespread across Southeast Alabama this afternoon… large areas of rain are also over some of the northern and central counties. Temperatures are mostly in the 60s.
A widespread, soaking rain moved into Alabama overnight and has continued through the morning hours. The rain will slowly wind down from west to east the rest of today and into tonight.
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