Dense Fog Advisory / Severe Weather Threat

DENSE FOG ADVISORY THIS MORNING

Dense fog has formed across much of North and Central Alabama this morning in areas where skies have cleared. Use extreme caution if you will be driving through mid-morning. Visibilities will be severely reduced, hampering your ability to drive.

At 6 a.m., visibility was down to 1/4 mile at many reporting stations across the area. At the Birmingham Airport, skies were still mostly cloudy, and fog had not formed.

The fog should burn off and clouds should erode by midmorning across the area, giving way to sunshine. Temperatures will warm into the 60s across the area today.

It now appears that strong to severe thunderstorms will develop late Sunday night across Alabama, and continue into Monday morning. Of course, this time of day is more unfavorable for a major severe weather event. It appears now that this system may be a lot like the one that passed throgh Alabama Wednesday. Hail could be the primary threat early in the event.

As the system moves into East Alabama, the threat for supercells storms and the attendant damaging winds and even tornadoes may increase.

It is interesting to note that the Storm Prediction Center has outooked much of Georgia, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, eastern Kentucky and a small sliver of East Alabama for severe weather on Monday. This is their strongest wording on a Day 3 outllok. They indicate that a significant tornado risk exists in the outlook area for Monday, especially during the afternoon and nighttime hours.

This is a developing weather situation, and everyone should pay close attention to forecasts issued throughout the weekend.