Rain falls for some but others stay bone dry through the weekend

November will pick up where October leaves off with warm, dry weather following a quick round of rain. Check the video forecast for the latest.RAIN FOR SOME BUT NOT ALLIf it does not rain before 11:59 p.m. Thursday, for the first time in a century, we will have a completely rain-free October.Birmingham’s driest Octobers on record include:This Year: 0.00 inchesOctober 1924: 0.00 inchesOctober 2016: a trace of rainfall (not enough to measure)October 1938: 0.05 inchesOctober 1991: 0.07 inchesThe showers through Friday will soak northwestern parts of the state with more than a half-inch to one inch of total rainfall, but near and east of Interstate 59, most communities will remain dry and dusty. FRIDAY AND THE WEEKENDA slow-moving, weak cool front stalls over North Alabama Friday, keeping clouds and spotty showers in the forecast throughout the day. The best chance of rain will be mainly over the northern half of the state, but a few showers may develop as far south as the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa-Anniston area.Clouds will keep it cooler Friday afternoon, with high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 70s and a light west wind.HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLFor the high school football games Friday night, the weather will be mild. The kickoff temperature will be pleasant near 70 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky. Temperatures dip into the mid-60s by the end of the game. Get ready for another warm and dry weekend! Afternoon highs will approach record levels in Birmingham for the first days of November: Saturday: 85 (2003) Sunday: 84 (2016) COLLEGE FOOTBALLAuburn hosts Vanderbilt at Jordan-Hare for an 11:45am kickoff. The temperature at the start of the game will be in the upper 70s under a mainly sunny sky. We will warm into the low 80s during the game with no threat of rain. UAB hosts Tulsa at 1:30pm at Protective Stadium. The sky will be mainly sunny with a kickoff temperature close to 80 degrees. We will be warm and dry through the game.EXTRA SLEEP THIS WEEKENDDaylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m., and the sun will rise at 6:08 a.m. and set at 4:53 p.m. Clocks will "fall back" an hour, meaning we gain an hour of sleep! As fall continues and winter draws closer, the sun will rise later and set earlier. We will lose a little more than one minute of daylight each day through November.With the change of the clock, it is also a good reminder to change the batteries in your smoke detector and weather radio.WARM PATTERN INTO EARLY NOVEMBERA persistent ridge over the Gulf and Atlantic has kept the jet stream far from Alabama recently, resulting in scarce rainfall.In fact, we expect temperatures to run some 5 to 10 degrees (or more) above average each day next week with very little chance of substantial rainfall.This pattern will persist through early November but will gradually begin to break down around Nov. 10.We expect warmer-than-normal weather through the middle of the month, though it likely will not be as warm as it has been recently. The heat will gradually diminish, and our chances of receiving at least an inch of rain will increase around Nov. 10.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.