CLANTON, Ala. – Ahead of an approaching upper-level system, winds Sunday morning will begin to increase and, by afternoon, will be sustained at 10-20 mph with gusts from 15-30 mph, especially across the northern half of the state. The upper-level system and associated cold front will produce widespread showers and thunderstorms beginning Sunday evening in the northwestern sections and ending by Monday afternoon or early evening in the southeastern sections.
A couple of storms may produce a few wind gusts from 40-60 mph and hail north of a Livingston – Birmingham – Scottsboro line Sunday evening into very early Monday morning. As the storms reach I-59 and continue to move through central Alabama, they will weaken with no severe weather.
Then, as the line of showers and a few thunderstorms continue moving southward, a couple of storms may produce wind gusts from 40-60 mph and hail south of Livingston – Montgomery – Auburn line Monday afternoon as instability increases slightly.
For the entire event, widespread severe weather will not occur.
Total rainfall will mainly be mainly 0.5-1.5 inch north of I-59 and 0.5-1 inch south of I-59. No rainfall is forecast from Monday evening through at least next Friday.