The rain was coming down this morning as expected.  I just took my son to school and the visibility was fairly low due to heavy rain along highway 280.  It appears the heaviest rain will continue at least through 9am.  I’m still thinking we’ll see some gradual clearing this afternoon.  As my mom would say, this is great sleeping weather.

Here’s big heads up:  Wednesday will be windy.  Whether or not we see severe weather here – expect winds upwards of 35mph.  If you have Christmas decorations or lawn furniture that can easily be picked up by the wind – please make sure it’s put away by Wednesday or it’s likely to be in someone else’s yard or destroyed.  We’ll see an incredibly tight pressure gradient along with a 120kt+ low level jet on Wednesday.  Severe weather still looks likely in the Southeast.  Again, the best chance will remain Montgomery southward.  But, if the forecast models are underestimating instability even slightly it could get active in Central Alabama.  We’ll likely see rainfall in the 2-3″ category. We’ll keep you posted.

James-Paul Dice
Fox 6 Chief Meteorologist
james.dice@wbrc.com

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