HERE FROM BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTER AND IN CAMERA AT GRANDVIEW MEDICAL CENTER. NO RAIN ON THE WVTM 13 LIVE DOPPLER. WE HAVE A CLEAN RADAR SCAN OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA BUT THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS JUST OUR NORTH THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WE SEE SOME PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS FROM JACKSON TO NASHVILLE HERE SOON. THIS IS ALONG A WARM FRONT. SO YOU CAN SEE NOW FROM TUPELO WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S, LITTLE ROCK IN THE 40S, 50S THERE. THIS IS WHERE THERE IS A FRONT. THIS IS A VERY SMALL FEATURE OF COOL WEATHER ON THE SURFACE, BUT IT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE STATIC AS THE RAIN GOES DURING OUR WEEKEND. THE HIGH PRESSURE WHERE IT IS, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH PRESSURE IS THE DESCENDING AIR MASS, COOLER TEMPERATURES. SO AREAS OF THE FISHING STATE AT AUGUSTA AT 33, SHARING THIS TEMPERATURE ANNISTON AT 33 ALEX CITY TWO AND CLANTON 36. BIRMINGHAM BUT 45 AT HALEYVILLE. AS WE HEAD NORTH AND WEST. WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE HUMIDITY AND CLOUD COVER AT IT’S A DECENT AND LOTS SATURDAY. THIS RAIN WON’T DAMAGE YOUR SATURDAY, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A FEW SHOWERS ARRIVING BY SUNSET, ESPECIALLY FROM 20 THROUGH THIS RAIN SUNDAY. RAIN, THE CHANCES ARE ABOUT 90% BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING A FAIRLY DECENT AMOUNT OF COVER. THIS FRONTAL LIMIT REPEATING AROUND SUNRISE. SO NOTICE 8 PM TONIGHT SOME GREEN APPEARING HERE IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS I MENTIONED UNTIL 10 PM BUT AT ABOUT 3 AM IN THE MORNING. SO IN ABOUT 24 HOURS FROM NOW, A COLD FRONT WILL HAPPEN. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN FROM CARBON HILL TO COLEMAN THEN 7 AM THE SUN RISES. BUT IT WILL NOT IMPROVE MUCH AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 40S AND 50S WITH RAIN SATURATING THE SETS BY ABOUT 6 AM TO 9 AM IN CERTAIN AREAS OF JEFFERSON AND SHELBY, DEPENDING ON DURATION FROM THIS, THERE MAY BE SOME WEIGHTING, BUT THE ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY IS MUCH LESS THAN WE LAST TIME SEEN. UNTIL THE RAIN. SO MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO IN AUSTIN, ALEX CITY ANNISTON, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED SOME OF THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE MID-WEEK RAINFALL EVENT ON MONDAY, WE GET A BREAK, BUT IT WILL BE A FEW DAYS WITH SOME DISTURBED WEATHER. SO THE RAIN WE JUST FOCUSED ON WAS SUNDAY. AND THEN A
Temperatures will be near to slightly above average in Alabama
A generally clear start to the day, but the rain started on Saturday afternoon. Some of this rain becomes heavy, particularly north of Birmingham late Saturday into Sunday morning. Check the video forecast for the latest. RAIN AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND Thin, high cirrus clouds are gradually thickening in the skies over Alabama overnight through Saturday. Clouds predict a rainy pattern that begins Saturday and continues into Sunday. Here’s what to expect: will it rain all weekend? No. In fact, Saturday in central Alabama looks windy and mild with no real impact from rain in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston or Gadsden before 4 p.m. To the north, scattered showers begin around The Shoals in Decatur, Athens and Huntsville as early as 5-8am and gradually spread south to Cullman and Hamilton by early afternoon. Sunday is clearly the wettest of the two days with persistent and heavier rain in the morning which turns into showers in the afternoon and evening. How much rain? Location, location, location: that’s what this weekend comes down to. The heaviest rain falls north and west of Birmingham where around 1-2 inches are likely. South of Birmingham the rain falls dramatically so places like Sylacauga, Alexander City and Clanton can get very little (if any). Saturday is the warmer of the two days: highs in the 60s with a southerly breeze. Sunday is the coolest; Cloudy, humid weather keeps temperatures in the 50s all day. SEVEN-DAY FORECAST The best way to describe the current weather pattern is a “zonal flow”. In a zonal flow, the jet stream is oriented west to east across the country, and small waves develop that bring rain at least once every 2 or 3 days. That’s exactly what we’ll have next week: seasonal mild temperatures for January (50s/60s) and a chance of showers on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday before a quick burst of colder air next weekend. This type of pattern doesn’t usually involve a lot of arctic air, so the idea of another big blast in mid-January Occasionally it’s just cold enough for one of these waves to produce slight winter precipitation, so that’s something we’ll be watching from next weekend. No guarantees on that: it’s remote luck at this point. Get the free WVTM 13 app and enable alerts for the latest weather updates. —STAY UPDATED WITH THE WEATHERGet the free WVTM 13 app and turn on alerts for the latest weather updates. For the latest Birmingham weather information and Central Alabama’s most accurate certified forecast, watch WVTM 13 News . 10 Day Forecast Interactive Radar Birmingham Skycams Live Doppler Radar Sign up for weather email alerts Download the WVTM 13 app Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
A generally clear start to the day, but the rain started on Saturday afternoon. Some of this rain becomes heavy, particularly north of Birmingham late Saturday into Sunday morning. Check the video forecast for the latest.
RAIN AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND
Tall, thin cirrus clouds are gradually thickening in the skies over Alabama overnight through Saturday. Clouds predict a rainy pattern that begins Saturday and continues into Sunday.
Here’s what to expect:
- Will it rain all weekend? No. In fact, Saturday in central Alabama looks windy and mild with no real impact from rain in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston or Gadsden before 4 p.m. To the north, scattered showers begin around The Shoals in Decatur, Athens and Huntsville as early as 5-8am and gradually spread south to Cullman and Hamilton by early afternoon. Sunday is clearly the wettest of the two days with persistent and heavier rain in the morning which turns into showers in the afternoon and evening.
- How much rain? Location, location, location: that’s what this weekend comes down to. The heaviest rain falls north and west of Birmingham where around 1-2 inches are likely. South of Birmingham, the rain falls dramatically, so places like Sylacauga, Alexander City and Clanton can get very little (if any).
Saturday is the warmer of the two days: highs in the 60s with a southerly breeze. Sunday is the coolest; Cloudy, humid weather keeps temperatures in the 50s all day.
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST
The best way to describe the current weather pattern is a “zonal flow”. In a zonal flow, the jet stream runs west to east across the country, and small waves develop that bring rain at least once every 2 or 3 days.
That’s exactly what we’ll have next week: unseasonably mild temperatures in January (50s/60s) and a chance of showers on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday before a quick burst of colder air over the weekend. next.
This kind of pattern doesn’t usually involve a lot of arctic air, so the idea of another big blast in mid-January has narrowed down to being frigid instead of freezing cold.
Sometimes it’s just cold enough for one of those waves to produce light winter precipitation, so that’s something we’ll be watching from next weekend. No guarantees on that: it’s a remote chance at this point.
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