MILD AFTERNOONS, COOL NIGHTS: A wind advisory is in impact as we speak for a lot of North and East Alabama as stress gradient winds stay robust. West winds will common 10 to twenty mph later as we speak, with gusts as much as 35 mph potential. In any other case, sunny climate continues as we speak with a excessive within the mid 70s. We observe the typical excessive for Birmingham on Could 2 is 79.
Dry climate continues by way of Thursday with sunny days and truthful highs; highs stay within the 70s with lows within the 40s.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: A couple of remoted showers may present up Friday afternoon as moisture ranges rise, however the likelihood of anyone spot seeing rain is simply 20-30 p.c. In any other case the day might be partly sunny with a excessive not too removed from 80 levels.
The weekend might be heat with a mixture of solar and clouds together with afternoon highs close to or simply over 80 levels. We are going to point out the danger of scattered showers each days, however a good a part of the weekend might be dry. Likelihood of anyone group seeing rain Saturday is 40 p.c, and 25 p.c Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: The week appears to be like “showery” with some danger of showers on nearly a each day foundation. The showers needs to be fairly scattered in nature in the course of the first half of the week, rising in protection by Thursday or Friday as a chilly entrance approaches. The week might be heat with highs principally within the low to mid 80s… See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and extra particulars.
ON THIS DATE IN 1929: Virginia’s worst twister catastrophe occurred on today. Six tornadoes, two of which had been west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, killed 22 individuals. One twister killed twelve kids and a trainer at Rye Cove, in Scott County. The storms destroyed 4 colleges.
ON THIS DATE IN 2010: Torrential rains continued throughout a lot of Tennessee, North Mississippi, and Kentucky producing extreme flooding. In Nashville, a brand new 24-hour whole rainfall report was established when 9.09 inches of rain fell on Could 1 and Could 2.
Twenty-one deaths had been recorded in Tennessee, together with ten in Davidson County, which incorporates Nashville. Of the ten lifeless in Davidson County, 4 victims had been discovered of their houses, two had been in automobiles and 4 had been outside. Floods killed six individuals in northern Mississippi, and 4 deaths had been reported in Kentucky.
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