Great Weather Continues ! !

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Wow, what a fabulous day we had yesterday with highs only reaching the lower 80s for most locations in Central Alabama. And then a wonderfully crisp feel to the cool, dry air this morning as the mercury fell back into the mid and upper 50s for many places - some only the lower 60s. JB reported 58 in Trussville which was the same low I recorded in Helena.

And it sure looks like we are on track for another beautiful day. Enjoy it because we are about to enter that time of the year when cold fronts become very rare events in the Southeast US.

The work week will start out dry, but a new wrinkle has been introduced into the forecast. A fairly strong disturbance is expected to develop about Tuesday and move south-southeast bringing a fairly significant chance of rain to Mississippi and Alabama on Wednesday and into early Thursday. Timing may adjust slightly as the event gets closer.

After that disturbance passes, we'll return to dry weather. And by the start of next weekend, the main storm track moves northward putting much of the southern tier of the US under high pressure. The Gulf is forecast to open up and with the increased moisture comes a pattern of afternoon and early evening showers and thunderstorms. We'll also see a warm up as temperatures again begin flirting with the 90s.

It's been an enjoyable five days of doing the web map discussions. James Spann will be back in the saddle again bright and early tomorrow morning.

-Brian-