Monday will begin our week with plenty of clouds, heat, and humidity, but some big changes are coming.

Most of the state is now under a Level 1 risk from the Storm Prediction Center except for a Level 2 risk in northern Alabama. Risks will be heavy rain, severe storms, hail, and strong winds. Although the tornado threat is very low for us, it’s not zero. The main tornado threat will impact our neighbors to the north in Tennessee and farther towards Kentucky and Ohio. If you’re traveling in that direction, please use caution as the tornado impact could be significant in that area.

Our main risk for any strong to severe storms will be during the day Tuesday into Tuesday evening. Once we get the storms to move out, we’ll notice a drop in temperatures. Wednesday will be dry with cooler temps and lower humidity. We could have some lows near freezing by Thursday night. Some places could have a 20 degree difference in temps between Tuesday and Wednesday!

North Alabama

Cloudy and breezy with a high of 81. Monday night, mostly cloudy and windy with a low of 67. Wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour.

Central Alabama

Mostly cloudy and windy with a high of 82. Overnight, mostly cloudy and windy with a low of 65. Wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour.

South Alabama

Mostly cloudy with a high of 84. Mostly cloudy overnight with a low of 65.

Gulf Coast

Fog early. Mostly cloudy and windy with a high of 81. Wind gusts up to 20 miles per hour. Patchy fog overnight with mostly cloudy skies. Low of 65.