THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: We’ll start off with some clouds and chilly temperatures this morning, but it will turn out to be a bright but breezy Saturday as skies eventually become sunny. It will be a great day for outdoor activities, especially if you are having an outdoor wedding like my friends, the Lamberts. Afternoon highs will top out in the upper 50s in the northeast to the mid 60s in the southwest.

Sunday will be sunny throughout the daylight hours and much warmer, with highs reaching the mid to upper 70s. Clouds will begin to roll in around and after sunset, and wind will become breezy through the late night and overnight.

THE WORK WEEK: Ridging starts to build on Monday, but with a weak impulse moving across Alabama, we may see a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs will be in the lower 70s to right at 80 degrees.

Another impulse will move through on Tuesday that will again bring a small chance of scattered showers and storms. Highs will be in the upper 70s to the lower 80s.

Unsettled weather will continue Wednesday, as we’ll keep a small chance of scattered showers and storms in the forecast. Highs will be in the upper 70s to the mid 80s.

A cold front will move across the state Thursday, bringing with it rain and storms. We may see a few stronger storms with this system, and one or two might become severe. It is too early to see at this point, and we’ll have better data to pull from as we get closer to the event. Highs will be in the lower 70s to the lower 80s.

The atmosphere doesn’t dry out behind the cold front on Friday, and we’ll continue to have a chance of showers and a few storms to end the work week. Highs will be in the lower 70s to the lower 80s.

ON THIS DATE IN 1947: A tornado struck Woodward, Oklahoma, during the late evening, killing 95 people and causing $6 million damage. The tornado, one to two miles wide and traveling at 68 mph, killed 167 people along its 221-mile path from Texas into Kansas, injured 980 others and caused nearly $10 million damage. A man looking out his front door was swept from his home near Higgins, Texas, and carried 200 feet over trees. The bodies of two people, thought to be together at Glazier, Texas, were found three miles apart.

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