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When the rain had ended yesterday evening, my gauge had recorded 1.29 inches of precipitation bringing my February total to 5.58 inches. My monthly total is a bit lower than the Birmingham airport, but above the monthly normal for Birmingham by about an inch and a quarter.
A fairly tight pressure gradient today has prompted the Weather Service to issue a Lake Wind Advisory, so if your Sunday plans call for going out on the lake or river, be aware of the windy conditions and be careful. And if you plan to be outside today, have a jacket since that wind will make the cool temperatures feel even cooler as we expect to see highs only around 50 degrees this afternoon.
It will be a frosty morning Monday with temperatures expected to drop into the mid and upper 20s with good radiational cooling.
Rather benign weather pattern is expected for the coming week as surface high pressure settles over us and gradually inches eastward. The upper air pattern features a ridge over the Gulf with the main flow pattern nudged northward. With some moisture present Wednesday and Thursday we may see clouds and a small chance for showers, but the next really good chance for rain is not expected until Saturday and Sunday. Yup, the good ole weekend rainy cycle!
But our air mass moderates nicely so we expect temperatures to warm up nicely with afternoon highs pushing the 70-degree mark by mid-week.
In the longer range, the GFS is still taking the next system further east and north of Alabama around March 7th. But the GFS is also keeping a strong trough coming out of the Rockies with the possibility of severe weather around the 13th or 14th of March.
Don't forget the last Storm Alert Show will be this coming Tuesday in Northport. Hope to see you there.
Have a sunny Sunday!
-Brian-