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PRECIPITATION. THERE IS WE NEED A LITTLE BIT NOW AND THEN, OF COURSE, OCTOBER TYPICALLY ONE OF THE DRIER MONTHS OF THE YEAR. AND THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR SOME IN AGRICULTURE AND GOOD NEWS IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR CAR WASHED. BUT IT’S NOT REALLY GREAT NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRES. I MEAN, THIS IS ONE FROM SHELBY COUNTY THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE’RE HAVING SO MANY GRASS FIRES THESE DAYS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO DRY RECENTLY IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. BIRMINGHAM HAS ONLY HAD 3/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN, WHICH IS BASICALLY SAYING WE’VE HAD NO RAIN IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE STATE OF ALABAMA COVERED UP IN RED BASED ON THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST REPORT, THAT MEANS WE ALL NEED ABOUT TWO INCHES OF RAIN JUST TO GET BACK TO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL SOIL MOISTURE TO GET LAWNS AND GARDENS OPERATING THAT THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD IRRIGATION TO THEM. ON THE YEAR WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF RAIN. REMEMBER HOW WET IT WAS BACK IN THE SPRING? WE’RE OVER SEVEN INCHES IN THE POSITIVE FOR 2022, BUT THE WAY OUR CLIMATE REALLY WORKS, WE’RE A WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? KIND OF RAIN CLIMATE AND WE ARE NEGATIVE TWO INCHES SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE’VE GOT A WHOLE LOT COMING AROUND HERE ANY TIME SOON. THERE’S CERTAINLY NOTHING SHOWING UP RIGHT NOW. �������� 13 LIVE DOPPLER RADAR. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE’RE EXPECTING HERE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, IT’S PRACTICALLY ZERO AND IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE WE’RE GOING TO GET ALL THAT MUCH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MONTH. AND THAT’S GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO DO AFFECTING HOW TEMPERATURES WORK DOWN THE ROAD. LET’S GO OVER TO METEOROLOGIST JERRY TRACEY WITH THE LATEST ON THE FORECAST. I TELL YOU, JASON, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, THAT IS PART OF THIS WEATHER STORY. IT IS TOO DRY OUTSIDE AND EVENTUALLY WE MAY PAY QUITE THE PRICE FOR THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, IT DOES MAKE IT SO EASY TO BE OUTDOORS, DOING PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU WANT TO. BLUE SKIES, JUST A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS THROUGHOUT. EVEN PUFFY CLOUDS TODAY, JUST FLAT CLOUDS FOR THE MOST PART ACROSS THE AREA. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES. WARMER DRY DAYS AHEAD THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES FOR NOW GOING UPWARD. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL COMING. IT WILL TURN COOLER, THOUGH, BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT GOING KIND OF CHILLY FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS LATE THIS WEEK, AS JASON WAS SAYING, NOTHING SHOWING UP ON THE �������� 13 LIVE DOPPLER. THAT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. 75 AND HALEYVILLE. IN COLEMAN 80. EVEN IN TUSCALOOSA, 79 ALABASTER, 78 BIRMINGHAM AND 78 IN ANNISTON. IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TERRIFIC EVENING OUTSIDE THE DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO BE LOW, NOT MU