James Spann: Alabama could see spotty showers Saturday night/Sunday

COLD START: This is the coldest morning so far this season for Alabama. Here are some temperatures just before sunrise…

Cottondale 33
Trussville 34
Jasper 34
Hueytown 35
Fort Payne 35
Gadsden 36
Greenville 36
Chelsea 36
Calera 36
Sylacauga 36
Selma 36
Troy 37
Morris 37
Evergreen 37
Cullman 37
Birmingham 38
Tuscaloosa 38
Millbrook 38
Decatur 39
Mobile 40
Dothan 42
Gulf Shores 45

Despite the frosty morning, temperatures reach the 60s this afternoon with sunshine in full force. Tonight will be clear and cold again; many spots will dip into the mid to upper 30s early tomorrow morning over the northern 2/3 of the state.

THE WEEKEND: Tomorrow will be dry with a high in the 64–72-degree range, but clouds will increase late in the day ahead of an upper trough. That feature will squeeze out a few showers tomorrow night and Sunday, mainly over the northern and central counties. With very limited moisture rain amounts will be very light and spotty. The high Sunday will be in the 60s.

NEXT WEEK: For now the week looks dry with mostly sunny days and fair nights. Monday morning will be cold with many communities dipping into the 30s, but afternoons will be warmer over the latter half of the week with highs in the low to mid 70s.

TROPICS: Melissa is becoming post-tropical this morning north of Bermuda as it races into the colder water of the North Atlantic. The rest of the Atlantic basin is quiet; no tropical development is expected at least for the next seven days.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: Auburn hosts Kentucky Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium (6:30 p.m. kickoff). Clouds will increase, but the weather will be dry during the game with temperatures falling from near 60 degrees at kickoff into the low 50s by the final whistle.

Arkansas State visits Troy Saturday night (7 p.m. kickoff) … high clouds will be around, but the weather will be dry with temperatures falling from the low 60s at kickoff through the 50s during the game.

TIME CHANGE: We go back on standard time this weekend. Clocks go back one hour late Saturday night; the sunset Sunday will come around 4:50 p.m. for most of Alabama.

ON THIS DATE IN 1991: A severe winter storm, dubbed the Great Halloween Mega Storm, struck the upper Midwest. Minnesota bore the brunt of this storm. Blizzard conditions occurred with winds gusting frequently to 40 and 50 mph. By the time it was all over on November 2nd, Duluth recorded 37 inches; Minneapolis 28 inches.

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