Wet weather pattern in place through the upcoming week

Big temperature ranges and more soaking rain: more impactful weather coming for the rest of this week. Check the video forecast for the latest. A significant winter storm ices Northwest Mississippi into western Tennessee this week, and the cold air setting up the freezing rain slowly oozes into Alabama, too. It just fails to get cold enough for wintry weather here: just a cold, rainy setup through Thursday for most of North and Central Alabama.

Widespread rain soaks Alabama on Sunday with even more wet and unsettled weather through the upcoming week. Check the video forecast for the latest. Much of Saturday has been nice with filtered sunshine and high temperatures that approached 60 degrees. However, changes coming as clouds increase tonight. Those high clouds...

Clouds thicken on Saturday, and a soaking rain sets in again on Sunday to kick off a wet week ahead. Check the video forecast for the latest. Saturday: highs in the middle to upper 50s with a southwest wind around 10 to 20 miles per hour and a gradually graying sky as high thin clouds move in from the west.

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