Thanksgiving forecast: Showers with strong storms possible in Alabama

LET’S MAKE SOME. RIGHT. I’LL PAY FOR IT. WELL, WE’LL TALK. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE FORECAST FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE PLANS. FAMILY COMING OVER. HOW’S IT LOOKING? WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY SOME STORMS LATER ON, BUT FOR NOW, WE JUST HAVE THAT WARM, HUMID AIR OVER US CAUSE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AND EVEN SOME FOG ACROSS THE DAY TODAY. SOME SPOTS, LIKE BIRMINGHAM, ALABASTER, TUSCALOOSA, THEY HAVEN’T PASSED 50 DEGREES TODAY, SO REALLY CHILLY, ABNORMALLY COOLER DAY AND THAT IS GOING TO SET UP A POTENTIALLY SOME STORMS THAT WE COULD SEE LATER THAT HAVE SOME GUSTS WITH THEM. GUSTY WINDS, LARGE HAIL. AND WE CAN’T RULE OUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A BRIEF TORNADO YET TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING AS IMPACT DAY OR IMPACT WEATHER, THAT JUST MEANS THERE’S A HIGHER CHANCE THE WEATHER WILL IMPACT YOUR DAY, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. WE ARE UNDER A LEVEL ONE OF FIVE ON TODAY’S STORM OUTLOOK. FOR MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THAT’S THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE AND THE STORMS THAT WE DO SEE THAT ARE SEVERE WILL BE ISOLATED AND LIMITED IN NATURE. NOTHING SUPER STRONG, BUT WE’LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOU AS WE MOVE INTO 6 P.M. WE’LL START TO SEE SOME SHOWERS ROLL IN AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA NEAR RUSSELLVILLE MOULTON DOUBLE SPRINGS, JASPER IN COLEMAN POTENTIALLY HAMILTON TWO. THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDESPREAD AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO 8 P.M. TONIGHT. AND MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF I-20. AND THEN WE START TO SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO ALABAMA FROM THE WEST. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE. AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THESE AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO MIDNIGHT, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE COULD PACK A PUNCH. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HAIL. CAN’T RULE OUT THAT TORNADO THREAT. JUST YET, BUT IT IS VERY LOW. THIS IS 2 A.M. THURSDAY. WATCHING. TWO BATCHES, ONE EAST OF I-20 AND I-65 AND ONE WEST ENTERING THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI BORDER. SO IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TONIGHT OR EVEN EARLY, EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FOR SOME LAST MINUTE TRAVEL PLANS, JUST MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW ON THE ROADWAYS. THEY WILL BE WET REGARDLESS IF IT’S RAINING OR NOT. THIS IS 3 A.M. THURSDAY. THAT LAST BATCH CROSSING I-20 5 A.M. MOST OF ALABAMA KORIR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA SEEING THOSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS, IF NOT STORMS, MAKE THEIR WAY INTO GEORGIA. AND BY 8:00 9:00 WE ARE DRY NOW, MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. WHILE MOST OF THE DAY WILL BE DRY, WE DO HAVE SOME COOLER AIR COMING IN FROM THE NORTH AND WE’LL START OUT WARM AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BY 7 P.M., TEMPERATURES IN BIRMINGHAM NEAR 50 DEGREES. 50 IN CALERA. 55 IN MONTGOMERY. 51 IN SELMA. 42 IN HAMILTON. I THINK NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL BE THE COOLEST. AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ALMOST STATEWIDE AS WE LOOK ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA, 38 IN ALEXANDER CITY, 37 IN CLANTON. BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, NORTHWEST ALABAMA SEEING THE COOLEST AIR AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING, AVERAGE 3031. HATTON 30, AND RUSSELLVILLE THE WIND CHILL. THE BLUE NUMBER NEXT TO THESE TEMPERATURES. IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE 20S AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO BLACK FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO PASS THE 50 DEGREE MARK 51. IN CLANTON, 48, IN ARMSTEAD. IT’S GOING TO BE A COOL BLACK FRIDAY DAY, SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SWEATER OR TWO. A COAT ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR. IF YOU’RE DOING SOME LAST MINUTE SHOPPING, AND THEN AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO SATURDAY, THINGS START TO CHANGE. WE SEE A LOT MORE SUNSHINE. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL GOING TO BE REALLY COOL AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU’RE TAILGATING, TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE IN THE 40S. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE COOL AS WE MAKE OUR WAY INTO THE WEEKEND TO START THE WEEK LOWS MONDAY MORNING 25 TUESDAY MORNING 24. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE FRIGID, IF NOT COLD, AND HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE MID 40S AND A SIMILAR SITUATION. TUESDAY WE START TO WARM UP A BIT ON WEDNESDAY AS WINDS TURN OUT OF THE SOUTH. THAT WARM GULF MOISTURE STARTS TO MAKE ITS WAY IN, BUT IT’S STILL GOING