Awesome Weekend!

FORECAST:


Friday: Mostly sunny. Mild. High 55, Low 45


Saturday: Sunny. Mild. High 53, Low 34


Sunday: Sunny. Cool. High 50, Low 28


EXTENDED OUTLOOK:


Monday: Mostly sunny. High 56, Low 32


Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 61, Low 36


Wednesday: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers. High 64, Low 43


Thursday: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers. High 64, Low 44

NOTES:

That tornado outbreak Monday morning in Central Alabama was apparently even rougher than it looked on radar. Here are the latest findings from the National Weather Service down that way.

If you'd like to learn more about severe weather - how to recognize it, how to report it, and how to keep yourself and your loved ones safe, please consider attending one of the (free) SKYWARN classes. The National Weather Service does these every year, to prepare for our spring and then our fall tornado season. The first class is scheduled for Thursday February 9th at 6 p.m. at the town hall in Guntersville.

DISCUSSION:



It's been a rainy day. I've been told I have a very good grasp of the obvious. Our High was 64, and our Low was 60, so far today. When it's this humid/rainy, you're not going to have much temperature variation. It's been lightly breezy at times, out of the south/southeast, but we actually haven't had any big problems with flooded as was a concern. I had to be out driving today, and I had to kind of take it slow in some spots, but it wasn't a big deal. Then again I haven't checked Twitter yet today . . . haha . . . usually when there's heavy rain or light wintry stuff this time of year, you see lots of accident reports. Hope that was not the case today - didn't hear of any on the radio. Just some beneficial rain. Having said that, with some more showers moving through tonight, could see some spots "flirting" with flood stage, but . . . I highly doubt any serious problems.

Down south today, South Alabama did have some stormy weather, unfortunately. Several wind damage reports - trees and power lines down, windows blown out of some structures, and in the town of Uniontown on Church Street, several homes damaged by what sounds like it was probably a tornado. Geez . . . somebody give those guys down there a break! I've heard it said that this somewhat unusual severe weather in January is due to the La Nina pattern, but then again, I met a meteorologist once who did not believe in the La Nina/El Nino phenomenon, just as some do not believe in global warming. I plead ignorance at this point . . . I haven't even made it through college yet. I just know it's been too stormy for my tastes, even if we've managed to dodge it up here.

I think we clear out fairly quickly tomorrow. Mostly sunny with a High near 55.

Weekend looks GREAT. Not as cold as I thought previously - probably Highs staying in Low 50's and Lows mostly staying 30-ish. So that's good news probably, for those of you who prefer not to shiver when you go out at night/in the morning. Plenty of sunshine. Awesome weekend to get out and have some fun. Great weather for this time of year, about as good as it gets.

On Monday a few clouds come back, and we warm into the upper 50's. Probably warming into the lower 60's on Tuesday and then it's kind of uncertain but Wednesday or Thursday, we could see another chance of rain - looks like a minor, normal sort of rain though.

So in short, after tonight, weather is looking GREAT!

Everybody have a good weekend . . . I plan to.

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