Alabama thread!

From AlabamaWX

SHOWERS RETURN LATER TODAY/TONIGHT: Alabama remains dry early this morning, but we are watching a band of rain and storms along the Mississippi River to the west. That activity will likely fizzle out this morning, but new showers will form this afternoon, moving into the northwest part of the state. But, for most of Alabama, today will be dry with a high not too far from 80 degrees.

Showers will move through the state tonight ahead of a cold front; some thunder is possible over the western third of the state. In fact, SPC has defined a low end “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe thunderstorms from near York south to Mobile.



A few storms over the southwest corner of the state could produce gusty winds, but for most of Alabama there is no risk of severe storms, and there will be little thunder tonight. Rain amounts will be under 1/2 inch.

THE WEEKEND: Look for mostly sunny days, fair nights, and a cooling trend over the weekend. The high tomorrow will be in the low 70s, followed by mid to upper 60s Sunday. Temperatures early Sunday morning will be in the low to mid 40s.

NEXT WEEK: Monday will be a dry day with a high in the 60s, but expect periods of rain Tuesday and Wednesday. For now severe storms are not expected, and the rain should end early in the day Thursday as dry air begins to return. Rain amounts next week will be in the 1-2 inch range, and highs will be in the upper 60s and low 70s most days. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.



ALABAMA A-DAY: The sky will be mostly sunny for Alabama’s spring game tomorrow (2p CT kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium) with temperatures in the low 70s.

RACE WEEKEND: Expect dry weather for the races at Talladega this weekend. The high tomorrow will be close to 70 degrees, followed by mid to upper 60s Sunday.

ON THIS DATE IN 1967: Severe thunderstorms spawned 48 tornadoes in the Upper Midwest. Hardest hit was northern Illinois where sixteen tornadoes touched down during the afternoon and evening hours causing fifty million dollars damage. On that Friday afternoon, tornadoes struck Belvidere IL and the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, killing 58 persons.

ON THIS DATE IN 1988: After having had just twelve rainouts in the previous twenty-six years at Dodger Stadium, the third day of heavy rain in southern California rained out a doubleheader at Dodger Stadium, which had been scheduled due to rainouts the previous two days.

 

Erbody here they are

 

Good morning everyone, have a great and blessed day!

 

Morning guys.

 

Morning Jeff
Morning Hayden

 

OK, explain to me how to do a tpms sensor reset or do I need to get a tire dealer to do it. New rims , tires, sensors. Tire shop told me to drive it down the road and no light. On my way to work after about a 15 minutes driving the light started flashing and now is staying on.

 

Low air or what’s the light exactly for? If they put the tpms from your old rims in the new ones I’m pretty sure they should work automatically. Maybe they show up in the wrong spot on the screen.
Dealer or a good tire shop can set tpms sensor. You can also buy a tool to do it on Amazon. I think it was around $100 when I was looking.

 

@Stevie17
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bg109GkB2Dg

 

They put new sensors in and they told me they should be calibrated and they were until I drove about 15 minutes then the low pressure tire warning came on . It was just flashing then on the way home last night it stayed solid instead of flashing.

 

If they have enough air (I’m running 40) and they’re still on I’d take it back for them to set or buy a tool. I looked and tools range from $12 to over $300. I’m sure there are major differences in what those tools can do and I didn’t look to see.

 

I just did like the video you posted and it's cleared the light so far.

 

Anyone looking for a nice AR platform, Larry’s in Huntsville has chrome lined, mil spec, DPMS police trades for $599 and Colt police trades for $850. They have some carry wear but have next to no firing wear. I bought a DPMS and was astonished at how little wear it had inside.

 

Well it didn't work after all, started flashing again and went solid after about 15 minutes.

 

Good morning everyone, have a great and blessed day!

 

Yeah they didn’t set them right or something.

 

Since the sensors are new they should have used a tool to sync the new sensors to your truck . That reset button doesn’t do that.

 

From AlabamaWX

Saturday was a beautiful spring day across Alabama behind a cold front that moved through Friday night, pushing an area of rain and thunderstorms ahead of it. Afternoon readings made it into the middle 70s, right around where they should be this time of year. A cool northwesterly breeze gusted at times, combining with low humidities to make it feel a little cooler. A few clouds arrived overnight, but that didn’t keep readings from falling well into the 40s areawide.



FRIDAY NIGHT SPIN-UP: A brief, weak tornado apparently spun up in Fayette County Friday evening. Trees were reported down by the Fayette County Emergency Manager, but fortunately, we had no reports of property damage or injury. The possible tornado occurred near the comma head of a mesoscale convective vortex that was pushing east-northeastward from eastern Mississippi. The vertex moved through Belk and Fayette with broad rotation just after 7 p.m. That rotation began to increase and tighten as it exited the City of Fayette along US-43 near the community of Stough. This coincided with a storm split that saw the vertex separate itself from the line of storms. The rotation reached its maximum around 7:35 p.m. CDT about 6 miles northwest of Bankston. A debris signature may have appeared on the Correlation Coefficient product in the scan at 7:37 p.m., indicating a possible tornado touchdown. The rotation was at its max at about 7:39 p.m. while it was a couple of miles north of US-43. The rotation weakened over the next two volume scans as the couplet approached AL-13 7 miles north of Bankston at 7:42 p.m. According to Gary Goggins at the NWS Birmingham, they will survey the damage once more information is ascertained. No watches or warnings were in effect when the spin-up occurred. Conditions were just not that favorable for severe storms, and especially not for tornadoes. But we often see storms give a little kick from the increasingly hilly terrain over West Central Alabama. Just another example of when it comes to thunderstorms in Alabama, especially in the spring, expect the unexpected.

FOR YOUR SUNDAY: A second cold front moved into North Alabama and stalled across the Central part of the state. The front is bringing a reinforcing shot of cool air, and you will notice it in today’s temperatures. Highs won’t get out of the 60s to the north of I-59. The rest of Central Alabama will see highs in the lower and middle 70s. A few showers may develop tonight across the area as a passing shortwave energizes the front. Lows will be in the 40s mostly, although a few of the normally

MONDAY, MONDAY: You can trust this day. It will be a dry and cool one across Alabama, with plenty of sunshine and highs in the middle 60s to near 70F.

SHOWERS AND STORMS ROUND ONE: As an upper-level disturbance drops out of the Rockies and into the Plains, it will intensify, and this will power our next storm system. Showers and storms will be forming to the west of us on Tuesday. Some showers will also form on the old front as it gets a new life as a warm front and retreats toward Tennessee. The widespread lift will bring widespread showers and storms to Alabama and the Southeast on Wednesday. It will be a little cool, but there may be sufficient instability for strong storms mainly south of I-20. Highs on Wednesday will be in the 60s across the northern half of the state, with 70s South. Those showers will exit Wednesday night, but the break will be short-lived.

SHOWERS AND STORMS ROUND TWO: It will be short-lived because another round of showers and storms will invade Alabama on Thursday. Instability values will be a little more pronounced, and strong to severe storms will again be a possibility. Thursday highs will be in the 70s.

THEN THE WEEKEND: Friday will feature clearing skies and no real airmass regime change, so highs will be in the 70s still. When those working days are through, enjoy your weekend, but guess what? Another round of showers and storms. How many is that? I’ve lost count. This one will be less widespread, and any stronger storms will be in the I-85 Corridor and point south.

VOODOO TERRITORY: After a solid week of nothing but below normal heights across the eastern United States, something called a ridge will build back over the southeastern United States. And that means warmer temperatures, at least by Wednesday, May 3rd. We will get back into the 80s. It looks like rain and storms will hold off until the following weekend the 6th and 7th.

 

Morning erbody, little frosty this morning

 

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I thought there was only one fox baby this year, that is all I have seen the past couple weeks. But today there was six playing by the creek in the front yard. For the past 13 years there has been four to six every year. Three years ago there was three sets born to three mothers, 13 total that year, in the same den. There has been over fifty born in the same den she has had since 2010.