James Spann: Alabama gets warm again today
James Spann has the Alabama forecast for midweek from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.
WARM SPRING WEATHER CONTINUES: The sky is mostly cloudy over Alabama early this morning, and we note a few sprinkles on radar just before sunrise. These won’t last long, and the sky becomes partly sunny this afternoon as temperatures rise into the mid 80s again. The average high for Birmingham on April 28 is 77.
The day Thursday will remain warm and generally dry with a high in the 80s; a few isolated showers are possible near the Tennessee state line. A band of showers will push into the state late Thursday night into Friday morning ahead of a cold front; for north and central Alabama the main chance of rain comes from about midnight Thursday night through noon Friday. Showers could linger over the southern counties through the afternoon and evening.
Rain amounts of around one-half inch are likely, and while a rumble of thunder is possible, there is no risk of severe thunderstorms with very limited instability and weak dynamic forcing. Friday will be a bit cooler with a high in the mid 70s.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday will be dry and pleasant. With a good supply of sunshine, the high will be in the 77- to 80-degree range. But on Sunday, we have adjusted our forecast as global models now show moist air returning. Sunday will feature more clouds than sun, and we will mention a chance of scattered showers — not an all-day rain by any means, but a passing shower or two will be possible with a high in the mid to upper 70s.
NEXT WEEK: Moist air will remain in place, and we will continue to mention a chance of scattered showers Monday through Wednesday. The sky will be generally cloudy with highs in the low to mid 80s. The weather trends drier Thursday and Friday.
ON THIS DATE IN 2002: During the evening, a violent F4 tornado carved a 64-mile path across southeast Maryland. The La Plata, Maryland, tornado was part of a larger severe weather outbreak that began in the mid-Mississippi Valley early that day and spread across portions of the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic States. In Maryland, three deaths and 122 injuries were a direct result of the storm.
ON THIS DATE IN 2014: A total of 29 tornadoes touched down in Alabama. One of them was an EF-3 in Limestone County that killed two people in a trailer park. An EF-3 in Cullman County moved from near Welti to Berlin, obliterating several large metal chicken houses and killing 25,000 chickens in one location. Just north of Birmingham, an EF-1 tornado resulted in extensive damage to the Kimberly Church of God, where it lifted off most of the roof structure, resulting in exterior wall collapse. A large metal industrial building had one of its walls blown out as well.
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