HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Today will be wonderful, weather wise! We'll see plenty of sunshine, and temperatures will climb into the mid-80s. Thursday will be even warmer across North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee. We could see high temperatures climb into the mid and even upper 80s. Thursday afternoon we'll be pushing 90°. This gets us close to record heat, but we should fall just shy.
Rain chances build back into the Tennessee Valley Friday and this weekend, but temperatures will hold steady in the low 80s.
Pollen Forecast
Pollen conditions remain high this week with juniper, oak, and hickory tree pollen being the three main contributions.
7 Day Forecast
Spring Severe Weather
Let's not forget that the spring season not only means allergies get worse, but is also means that our primary severe weather season is upon us. Our spring severe weather season here in the Tennessee Valley usually begins early March and lasts through early May. Most of the tornadoes we've accounted for since 1950 have occurred March, April, and May with April being the most (April 27, 2011 accounting for most of the tornadoes within that month timeframe).
Although most of us know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning, it's important for a reminder as we do head into the spring severe weather season. A tornado watch just means that conditions are favorable for tornado development and usually cover a good amount of areas. A tornado watch means that rotation has been detected and potentially a funnel cloud has been spotted/tornado has been reported and covers only a certain amount of cities within a warning polygon.
The best tornado shelters when danger is imminent is a basement or a tornado shelter. If you don't have access to those two, your next best safe area would be an interior room of a well constructed home or building with any exterior doors/windows closed/covered. You also want to have some sort of protection over your head like a bicycle helmet of some sorts and/or a bed mattress. The most unsafe areas you can be during a tornado warning is a mobile/manufactured home, large, exterior rooms of a home, in a vehicle underneath an overpass. You can view a list of storm shelters throughout the Tennessee Valley here.
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