Alabama got a welcome dose of rain and a few storms overnight, but the storms stayed under severe limits.
The severe weather threat is almost — but not quite — over for Alabama.
Rain, sometimes heavy, continued to track through parts of south and east Alabama on Sunday morning.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is maintaining a Level 1 out of 5 (marginal) risk for severe storms for south and east Alabama through the morning hours:
Areas in dark green in south Alabama could see an isolated severe storm today.Storm Prediction Center
A Level 1 risk means that isolated severe storms will be possible. The strongest of those could have damaging wind gusts.
There were some gusty winds overnight as rain and storms moved through Alabama, but the National Weather Service didn’t have to issue a single severe weather warning.
The remaining storms are expected to continue to drop south and east through the morning hours and eventually move into Georgia and Florida.
Showers could linger through the afternoon hours in some locations, and the weather service expects winds to be breezy, but the bigger story will be cooler air moving in from the northwest through the day.
High temperatures on Sunday will be cooler for those in north and parts of central Alabama, while it will still be warm in south Alabama.
Parts of north Alabama may not make it out of the 60s today, while low to mid-70s are expected in central Alabama. South Alabama will still top out in the 80s today.
Expect skies to begin clearing from west to east starting this afternoon.
Here are Sunday’s forecast highs:
Cooler air will begin to work its way into Alabama on Sunday, but it will still be quite warm in south Alabama.NWS
The arrival of cooler air will be especially apparent by Monday morning, when those in north Alabama could wake up to temperatures in the low 40s.
The weather service is forecasting low temperatures in central Alabama to range from the lower 40s in the north to the mid-40s in the southern part of the region.
As for south Alabama, overnight lows are forecast to bottom out in the upper 40s in the north to the mid-50s for most areas except the beaches.
(See tonight’s forecast lows at the top of this post.)
Daytime temperatures will be cooler on Monday for all of Alabama, with highs in the 60s and 70s expected statewide (no 80s!).
Here are Monday’s forecast highs:
High temperatures on Monday will be a bit cooler than those of late.NWS
The weather service expects a mostly dry cold front to move through the state by mid-week, bringing a secondary push of cooler air to the state
And it looks like Alabama may not have to deal with more mid-80s through the rest of this week, according to weather service forecasts.
Highs statewide through the rest of the week will range from the 70s to the low 80s.
There could be another chance for some rain by next weekend, according to forecasters.
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