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THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO THAT IS SOME WELCOME NEWS TO START US OUT HERE. THIS IS PRETTY COOL. THIS IS A TIME LAPSE FROM OUR �������� 13 STUDIO CAMERA OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS. SO I’M GOING TO START IT NOW. YOU CAN SEE A BIG BATCH OF RAIN THAT CAME THROUGH BIRMINGHAM STUCK AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WERE DRY AND WE’RE STILL DRY. NOW YOU CAN SEE AN ONGOING SUNSET THERE IN THE DISTANCE. THAT IS HOW THE DAY WENT FOR QUITE A FEW FOLKS. WE HAD THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVE THROUGH. IT’S SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST, AND AT THIS POINT IT’S GENERALLY IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EAST OF I-65. ONCE THAT MAIN BATCH MOVES THROUGH YOUR LOCATION, YOUR RISK OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM IS GOING TO BE VERY LOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. SO LET’S TAKE YOU DOWN TO WHERE SOME OF THAT RAIN IS RIGHT NOW. WE WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COOSA COUNTY THAT HAS EXPIRED. THIS IS STILL A STRONG STORM. COULD BE PRODUCING WINDS OVER 40MPH, BUT JUST BELOW THOSE SEVERE LIMITS, DUMPING A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN, THOUGH IN COMMUNITIES LIKE GOODWATER KELLYTON STRETCHING INTO ALEXANDER CITY IN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, THIS IS RIGHT ALONG 280 IN NORTH EASTERN COOSA COUNTY, AND A VERY LOUD THUNDERSTORM THERE. I DID WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THIS. THIS IS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RATHER THAN OUR �������� 13 LIVE DOPPLER. THAT DOES SHOW THAT REALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER TO 80, POTENTIALLY EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SMALL HAIL SHOWING UP HERE AS WELL. BUT THIS STORM IS TECHNICALLY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WE’VE GOT A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF FRUITHURST RIGHT NOW, AND SOME RAIN STRETCHING BACK INTO CALHOUN COUNTY RIGHT ALONG I-20. I’VE BEEN WATCHING TALLADEGA CAREFULLY. WE HAD A ROUND OF RAIN MOVE THROUGH. DRYING OUT NOW. THERE COULD BE JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ON THE WAY, BUT OVERALL TREND IS THAT THIS BATCH OF RAIN IS GOING TO PUSH INTO GEORGIA. YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE IN THE MODELING OUR FUTURE TRACK. AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING, ONLY A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SPRINKLE. MOST OF US DRY OVERNIGHT, AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF US THAT STAY DRY THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. WE DO HAVE THE STALLIONS PLAYING THIS EVENING AT PROTECTIVE STADIUM THAT KICK OFF HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. COULD BE A FEW SPRINKLES LEFT AT KICKOFF, BUT DRYING THROUGH THE GAME WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S FOR TOMORROW, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON AROUND CENTRAL ALABAMA, ONE OF THEM BEING THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL IN CULLMAN, AND I DO BELIEVE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTLY SUNNY SKY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WE’RE GOING TO WARM QUICKLY INTO THOSE UPPER 70S, LOW 80S. BY THE LATE AFTERNOON, WE REACH INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S, AND WE SEE A SMALL CHANCE FOR A FEW SPOTTY STORMS. THAT MEANS A QUICK PASSING SHOWER OR STORM IS POSSIBLE. NOT AN ALL DAY WASHOUT. AND THE GOOD NEWS FOR SUNDAY IS THAT RAIN COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE EVEN LOWER. OF COURSE, WE’VE GOT RACE DAY AT TALLADEGA AND WE’VE GOT A WARM, HUMID FORECAST WITH ONLY A LOW CHANCE OF A PASSING SHOWER OR STORM. I BELIEVE THEY’RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT STAY COMPLETELY DRY ON SUNDAY, AND THEN LOOKING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE IN OUR PATTERN. WE START EACH MORNING, MILD IN THE 60S, AND AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE GOING