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Warm weather to begin the week ahead of a stormy Tuesday

Warm weather to begin the week ahead of a stormy Tuesday
NEED BE. EXCLUSIVE LIVE RADAR TRACKING STORMS SO YOU’LL KNOW FIRST. THIS IS WVTM 13 WEATHER. CERTAINLY MORE CLOUDS AROUND TODAY THAN YESTERDAY, BUT OVERALL PRETTY NICE DAY TO SPEND SOME TIME OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON ON EASTER SUNDAY, TEMPERATURES 78 DEGREES. SO PRETTY WARM. YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE CLOUDS OVERHEAD. REGIONS FIELD DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM. PRETTY UNIFORM TEMPERATURES ON OUR MAP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOST SPOTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S LOCATION OR TWO RIGHT AROUND 80. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. AND THOSE TEMPERATURES WELL, THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AGAIN FOR TOMORROW. ADD ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO TO THEM. IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY WARM, MILD NIGHT, TEMPERATURES ONLY GETTING DOWN INTO THE LOW 60S. MAYBE A COUPLE OF SPOTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO BEGIN OUR MONDAY MORNING. MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES. SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TURNING BREEZIER AND HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING UP INTO THE LOWER 80S. YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASING CLOUDS ACROSS OUR STATE AND BACK OFF TO OUR WEST AS WELL. IT’S AN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM. THAT’S A FRONT. IT’S GOING TO MOVE OUR WAY FOR TUESDAY. TOLD YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT WEATHER IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW. MAINLY WE’RE TALKING LATER TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY INTO TUESDAY EVENING, AND THE EARLY PARTS OF TUESDAY NIGHT. SO BY SIX TUESDAY CAN SEE THIS BROKEN LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. WE’LL WATCH THINGS AS A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG, MAYBE BORDERLINE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE MONITORING ARE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND STRONG WIND GUSTS, 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. STORMS ARE NEAR BIRMINGHAM AROUND EIGHT NINE 10:00 TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. NOTICE HOW QUICKLY THOUGH THINGS MOVE OUT OF HERE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THE PRE-DAWN TIME FRAME OF EARLY WEDNESDAY, AND THEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLEARING CONDITIONS AND TURNING COOLER. NORTHERN HALF OF OUR AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THAT’S THE TWO ON OUR SCALE OF 1 TO 5. THE REST OF US UNDER THE MARGINAL LEVEL ONE RISK ZONE, AGAIN DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MILES AN HOUR, QUARTER SIZED HAIL. GENERALLY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER AN INCH. IT’S GOING TO BE A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM AND NOT EVERYONE SEEING THE CONTINUOUS RAIN AGAIN. MORE SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. SO BETWEEN HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH. I THINK THAT’S THE GENERAL RULE OF THUMB. OF COURSE, SOME SPOTS HIGHER, SOME SPOTS LOWER. THAT’S JUST THE WAY THINGS PLAY OUT. TYPICALLY WITH THESE STORM SYSTEMS, VERY WARM TO BEGIN THE WEEK AHEAD OF THE FRONT 82, THE HIGH BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. LOOK WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. IN FACT, BY THE TIME WE GET ALL THE WAY TO FRIDAY MORNING, WE’RE LOOKING AT LOW TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO THE 30S AND LIKELY A GOOD DEAL OF FROST IN THE FORECAST. SO BEYOND THE COLD FRONT, SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK SHAPING UP TO BE WELL BELOW AVERAGE FOR EARLY APRIL. ALL RIGHT. TOMORROW BREEZY WARM 82. YOU SEE THE IMPACT WEATHER FOR TUESDAY AS THOSE STORMS ARRIVE LATER IN THE DAY, TURNING MUCH COOLER WEDNESDAY. BREEZY AS WELL. LOWS DOWN TO THE 30S BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING. STILL CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING, BUT STARTING TO WARM UP SATURDAY
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Warm weather to begin the week ahead of a stormy Tuesday
We begin the week very warm, but storms and much cooler weather awaits. Check the video forecast for the latest. TOASTY MONDAYAfter a Saturday with a beautiful blue afternoon sky, clouds increased for Easter Sunday. Many areas were close to 80 degrees. It will be a very mild night tonight. Skies will be mostly cloudy, and low temperatures only drop into the low-60s.Monday will be dry and warm once again. Skies will be cloudy at times. High temperatures in the lower 80s.IMPACT DAY TUESDAY Storms move into Alabama during the second half of the day Tuesday. This will have an impact on your day. A few storms could turn strong with damaging winds as the main threat.TIMING: Scattered storms will arrive along a cold front during the afternoon and evening. Storms remain in the forecast into the evening but will exit by sunrise on Wednesday. After that, we are dry through the rest of the week.SEVERE THREAT: This does not look to be a major severe threat for our area, but there will be enough storm energy that a few strong to severe storms are possible. The main threat with any storms that do become strong looks to be from damaging wind gusts. At this point, this does not appear to be a tornado threat but check back for the latest details. The SPC continues to highlight the northern third of the state as the most likely location to get a few severe thunderstorm warnings.RAIN TOTALS: This likely won't be a big rainmaker for our state. Models have been consistent in keeping rainfall totals less than 1 inch in most locations.REST OF THE WEEKOnce the storms exit Wednesday morning, the rest of the week will be dry and quiet. Clouds eventually clear during the day Wednesday with highs only reaching the 60s. Cooler air will filter into the state behind the front holding morning lows in the upper 30s both Thursday and Friday morning. Afternoons will be in the 60s through Friday. This is below average for this time of year.We also look to stay dry next Saturday with temperatures returning to seasonable levels Saturday afternoon. Highs on Saturday will be in the 70s.GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE The total solar eclipse is still over a week away.In Alabama, Birmingham's eclipse will be a partial one. Only 88% of the sun will be blocked when it reaches its peak around 2 p.m. on April 8. The big question is, will we get to see this rare event? Forecasting cloud cover for a three-hour window, 10 days away, can be challenging, to say the least.Our longer-range models don't indicate any storm systems coming through on the day of the eclipse, but do show clouds present. It appears clouds will be building into the state during the day. Both the GFS and European models show a fairly good chance of at least a partly cloudy sky. We will stick with a 60% chance of cloud cover and a 40% chance that the sky is clear. However, don't give up hope just yet. There is still plenty of time to fine-tune the forecast.STAY WEATHER-AWAREFor the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. And stay updated with alerts in the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.For the latest Birmingham weather information and Central Alabama's certified most accurate forecast, watch WVTM 13 News.Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram.

    We begin the week very warm, but storms and much cooler weather awaits. Check the video forecast for the latest.

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    TOASTY MONDAY

    After a Saturday with a beautiful blue afternoon sky, clouds increased for Easter Sunday. Many areas were close to 80 degrees.

    It will be a very mild night tonight. Skies will be mostly cloudy, and low temperatures only drop into the low-60s.

    Monday will be dry and warm once again. Skies will be cloudy at times. High temperatures in the lower 80s.

    IMPACT DAY TUESDAY

    Storms move into Alabama during the second half of the day Tuesday. This will have an impact on your day. A few storms could turn strong with damaging winds as the main threat.

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    TIMING: Scattered storms will arrive along a cold front during the afternoon and evening. Storms remain in the forecast into the evening but will exit by sunrise on Wednesday. After that, we are dry through the rest of the week.

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    SEVERE THREAT: This does not look to be a major severe threat for our area, but there will be enough storm energy that a few strong to severe storms are possible. The main threat with any storms that do become strong looks to be from damaging wind gusts. At this point, this does not appear to be a tornado threat but check back for the latest details. The SPC continues to highlight the northern third of the state as the most likely location to get a few severe thunderstorm warnings.

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    RAIN TOTALS: This likely won't be a big rainmaker for our state. Models have been consistent in keeping rainfall totals less than 1 inch in most locations.

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    REST OF THE WEEK

    Once the storms exit Wednesday morning, the rest of the week will be dry and quiet. Clouds eventually clear during the day Wednesday with highs only reaching the 60s. Cooler air will filter into the state behind the front holding morning lows in the upper 30s both Thursday and Friday morning. Afternoons will be in the 60s through Friday. This is below average for this time of year.

    We also look to stay dry next Saturday with temperatures returning to seasonable levels Saturday afternoon. Highs on Saturday will be in the 70s.

    GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE

    The total solar eclipse is still over a week away.

    In Alabama, Birmingham's eclipse will be a partial one. Only 88% of the sun will be blocked when it reaches its peak around 2 p.m. on April 8.

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    The big question is, will we get to see this rare event? Forecasting cloud cover for a three-hour window, 10 days away, can be challenging, to say the least.

    Our longer-range models don't indicate any storm systems coming through on the day of the eclipse, but do show clouds present. It appears clouds will be building into the state during the day. Both the GFS and European models show a fairly good chance of at least a partly cloudy sky. We will stick with a 60% chance of cloud cover and a 40% chance that the sky is clear. However, don't give up hope just yet. There is still plenty of time to fine-tune the forecast.

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    STAY WEATHER-AWARE

    For the latest weather coverage for your area, click here. And stay updated with alerts in the WVTM 13 app. You can download it here.

    For the latest Birmingham weather information and Central Alabama's certified most accurate forecast, watch WVTM 13 News.

      Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram.