THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Most of Alabama will stay dry today, but the cold front that moved through on Friday stalled out and will bring a chance of showers to the southeastern corner of the state late in the day. We’ll have a mix of sun and clouds to start, but cloud cover will increase late. Highs will be in the lower 50s to the upper 60s from northwest to southeast.

Cooler air finally moves into Alabama for Sunday. Skies will start off partly to mostly cloudy, but many of those clouds will move out throughout the day and skies will become mostly clear. Highs will be in the upper 40s to the upper 50s.

NEXT WEEK: Monday will be a beautiful day with near-maximum sunshine. Highs will begin to moderate again, reaching the mid-50s to the lower 60s.

It will be just a tad warmer on Tuesday with near-maximum sunshine. Highs will be in the mid-50s to the mid-60s.

Wednesday will be another dry day, but clouds will begin to move in with the approach of our next system. We’ll start off with mostly clear skies and end with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Highs will be in the upper 50s to the mid-60s.

A cold front will move through the state on Thursday, bringing a chance of showers during the daylight hours, but those chances will end for the evening. Highs will be in the lower 50s to the lower 60s.

The low associated with the cold front will move through the southeast just to our north. That may pull some moisture down into northern Alabama on Friday, but south of I-20 will stay dry. Highs will be in the upper 40s to the upper 50s.

ON THIS DATE IN 1955: Hurricane Alice battered the Leeward Islands with sustained winds of 85 mph. Alice was upgraded as a full tropical system on Dec. 31, 1954, making it the latest and earliest hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean.

ON THIS DATE IN 1999: The “Blizzard of ’99” dumped 21.6 inches of snow on Chicago for the city’s second-largest snowstorm on record. Grand Rapids, Michigan, recorded 22 inches for its greatest snowstorm ever. Detroit had a foot of snow and Milwaukee was buried under 15.4 inches — the city’s biggest snowstorm in 52 years.

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