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SKIES STILL CLOUDY IN CHILTON COUNTY, BUT WE’RE WORKING ON GETTING THESE OUT OF HERE TONIGHT AS COOLER, DRIER AIR IS SET TO MOVE IN AND LOOK, TOMORROW MORNING IS GOING TO FEEL FANTASTIC IN THE 50S AND LOW 60S ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE SOMETHING CALLED WILDFIRE SMOKE COMING IN. TOMORROW. YOU’LL NOTICE THE HAZE BUILDING IN, ESPECIALLY FROM BIRMINGHAM NORTH, AND THIS IS TRAVELING OVER 1600 MILES FROM CANADA ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO ALABAMA ON SATURDAY. AND THEN NEXT WEEK IT GETS HOTTER AND MORE HUMID, AND THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OF EARLY JUNE ARE GOING TO BE UPON US. THAT’S THE SMOKE RIGHT NOW ON VISIBLE SATELLITE COMING DOWN OVER IOWA AND MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. THIS IS ALL EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FLOW THAT’S COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST. OUR WIND WILL BE COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW. SO THAT WILL BE HERE. I DON’T THINK IT’S THICK ENOUGH IN BIRMINGHAM THAT WE’RE GOING TO SMELL IT OR HAVE ANY AIR QUALITY ISSUES, BUT IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE CASE. UP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE, ESPECIALLY ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN IN ETOWAH COUNTY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY. SAND MOUNTAIN AS WELL. THE HIGHER UP YOU ARE, THE THICKER THAT SMOKE IS GOING TO BE, AND THE FARTHER NORTH, THE FARTHER SOUTH YOU GO, ESPECIALLY DOWN TOWARD THE GULF COAST. IT REALLY WON’T EVEN BE ALL THAT NOTICEABLE WEEKEND WEATHER. LOOKING ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT HAS LOOKED IN NEARLY A MONTH, WE’VE NOT HAD A SINGLE WEEKEND WITHOUT A DROP OF RAIN AROUND HERE SINCE THE MIDDLE OF APRIL. SATURDAY. PERFECTLY DRY STARTING OUT IN THE 50S AND 60S. BIRMINGHAM ABOUT 59 AT 6 A.M. 57 IN GADSDEN, EVEN ON SMITH LAKE IN THE UPPER 50S IN THE MORNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BY MIDDAY IT’S ALREADY IN THE MID 70S WITH THAT NORTHWEST WIND AND TEMPERATURES MAY BE HELD DOWN A BIT TO THE NORTH, BUT STILL WARMING UP TO THE SOUTH. UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY COMMON ON SATURDAY SUNDAY. I CAN’T PROMISE THAT IT’S DRY, BUT MOST OF US AREN’T GOING TO HAVE ANY RAIN TO WORRY ABOUT. HERE’S OUR FUTURE TRACK FOR SUNDAY. STILL 50S AND 60S IN THE MORNING, ABOUT 59 AT GADSDEN, MID 60S CLOSER TO CLANTON. MIDDAY SUNDAY IN THE MID 70S WITH A PARTLY SUNNY SKY. BUT IF YOU START LOOKING AROUND ONE 2:00 YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE PUFFY WHITE CUMULUS CLOUDS BUILDING UP. AND THAT’S WHERE WE START TO SEE A LOW CHANCE OF SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ABOUT 2 TO 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, MAYBE 1 OR 2 AS FAR WEST AS CULLMAN COUNTY OR JEFFERSON COUNTY OR SHELBY COUNTY. BUT THE BETTER CHANCE IS GOING TO BE UP HERE. NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND OVER NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA. ON SUNDAY. AFTER THAT, THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO RAIN, AND I DON’T HEAR MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE’RE DRY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. HIGHER HUMIDITY IS GOING TO MAKE IT FEEL A LITTLE BIT HOTTER. BUT AS THE HUMIDITY CONTINUES TO CLIMB WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THERE’S GOING TO BE A GOOD CHANCE OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND IT’S THE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HIT OR MISS VARIETY THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. AND YOU CAN TELL THE HUMIDITY IS INCREASING ACROSS THIS WEEK TOO, BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT MORNING LOW TOMORROW, DRY AND COMFORTABLE IN THE MID 50S TO A STEAM BATH BY THE END OF THE WEE