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Welcome to Spring!!!

HELLO SPRING: Spring officially started this morning at 5:29AM CDT. The weather forecast for today will certainly be making it feel like spring. It will be a very nice day with plenty of sun and highs well into the 70s, with some 80s expected. Tomorrow looks to be dry and we are expecting a repeat performance of the weather from…

Cool Thursday Afternoon, Much Warmer Friday

Nearly the entire state of Alabama is seeing freezing temperatures this morning, and that includes all the way down to the Gulf Coast. Freeze warnings are in place as lows are in the mid and upper 20s in most locations, but colder pockets across North/Central Alabama could very well see upper teens. WARMING TREND BEGINS: After the brutally cold morning,…

Freeze Warning Continues Tonight, Warming Trend Begins Thursday

FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT: Freezing temperatures this morning and again tonight are likely over much of Alabama. For most places, lows will be in the 20s, but colder pockets across North/Central Alabama could very well see upper teens. TODAY/THURSDAY: After the brutally cold mornings, these two days will be dry and mainly sunny, but unseasonably cold. Highs today will be…

Winter’s Last Hurrah, Freeze Warnings in Effect

TUESDAY: It will remain cloudy due to wrap around moisture. It will be another cold day as highs will not climb out of the upper 40s and lower 50s. Add in a brisk northwest wind at 10-20mph, it will be feeling much colder. By the afternoon, we are likely to see some peeks of sunshine. WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Freeze warnings are in…

Golden Apple: Steven Washington

Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Lowndes County School System. In his tenth year of teaching, Steven Washington, at Jackson-Steele Elementary school, takes great pride to ensure is classroom to ensure his students are learning.  Why drives Washington to be dedicated to the success of his students? “You don’t do this for attention, you do this because…

Rain Later Today, Freezing Temperatures Ahead

Last night started off clear, but overnight, our flow has shifted back around from the south and moisture is returning, and we are seeing that with the clouds moving back into the area this morning. Before heading out the door this morning, grab the rain gear as a rather wet Monday is ahead. RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS: Days like today…

Sun Today, Rain Tomorrow, Colder Next Week

Gorgeous weather will continue today, most of today will be mostly sunny and very warm with a high up in the upp 70s. Clouds will be on the increase late in the day as our next system approaches the area. FRIDAY: Moist air returns Friday, and we will have the risk of a few scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm…

A Couple of Nice Days, Rain Returns Friday

TODAY/TOMORROW: The front is pushing out of Alabama this morning and a drier air mass will settle into the state for these two days. Both days will feature more sun than clouds with lows in the lower 40s, and highs in the lower to mid 70s. Very nice weather for the second week of March. FRIDAY: Moist air returns Friday,…