Dry weather to start the weekend, rain arrives Sunday
Rain returns over the weekend
Rain returns over the weekend
Rain returns over the weekend
We get at least two more dry days before rain falls again. Check the video forecast for the latest.
DRY THROUGH SATURDAY, RAIN ON SUNDAY
Dry weather has been uncommon this month. Birmingham has 6.72” of rain: 2.68” more than average through January 25th. More rain is coming, but we tack on at least one more dry day Saturday before showers start up again.
Does it rain all weekend? Not at all.
Last weekend brought a nice Saturday but a damp, cool Sunday. Expect a near repeat of that scenario: dry Saturday, rainy Sunday. Saturday starts cold and dry and ends a little milder: in the 50s with a partly sunny sky and a southwest wind around 10-15 miles per hour.
Rain picks up again Sunday, but it will not rain all day long. Showers begin by early afternoon and last through Sunday night: keeping it a little cooler (40s to low-50s for daytime highs).
The heaviest rain over the weekend (those who get around or more than an inch) likely ends up near and south of US 82: roughly a line from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery southward. Dry, chilly air stuck over northeastern Alabama to the Birmingham metro area may reduce the amount over-all rainfall Sunday. Lighter amounts still add up to around 0.25” to 0.5” by Sunday night.
SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Heavier rain ends early Monday morning, and it’s dry and mild on Monday afternoon ahead of a challenging weather setup for next week.
An Arctic air mass edges closer to Alabama Monday and Tuesday. As it starts to trickle in from the northwest, it loses momentum and splits the state: half much colder, half much warmer (30s in Northwest Alabama Tuesday and 60s southeast of Birmingham).
That boundary becomes the focus for several days of rainy weather and a headache of a temperature forecast. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week could see a range of 20 degrees over one hundred miles of distance: from near 40 in The Shoals to near 60 south of Birmingham.
We will also be on the lookout for sneaky wintry weather in North Alabama. Arkansas and Tennessee have a much better chance of some snow and ice, but it could be a close call for the northwestern part of Alabama as well.
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