Not as cool. Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s.
Monday
Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s.
Monday Night
Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
Tuesday
Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 50s.
Tuesday Night
Cloudy with chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Wednesday
Cloudy with chance of rain showers in the morning... then partly cloudy with chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
... Some snow is expected across central Alabama this weekend...
A strong upper level storm system will swing west to east across central Alabama Friday night into Saturday. Although the overall moisture content will be limited with this system... the atmosphere appears cold enough to squeeze out some snow across parts of central Alabama. This will be a quick hitting system... with frozen precipitation chances lasting only about 12 hours.
The snow chances will begin as early as 10 PM Friday evening in the southwest... and quickly spreading east and northeast across central Alabama through sunrise. The snow chances are expected to end by around 10 am Saturday morning in the northeast.
The highest snowfall potential will be roughly a 25 to 50 mile wide area from Demopolis... to Clanton... to Wedowee where snowfall totals of one half inch to one inch of snow will be possible. All other areas will generally receive one half of an inch of snow or less. Areas along and southeast of a line from Troy to Auburn will likely experience all rain.
Soil temperatures remain in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees and surface temperatures will generally stay just above freezing during this event. Additionally... some clearing is expected by Saturday afternoon with temperatures warming into the 40s area wide... melting any snow that does stick. Therefore... snow will generally collect only on grassy and elevated surfaces for a rather short period of time.
As with any winter weather situation... please stay tuned to further forecast and statements and be prepared if watches or warnings become necessary.