A rain cooled boundary moved in early this afternoon from a cluster of showers and thunderstorms that formed along the Gulf Coast late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.  This area of rain is finally tracking east of the Tennessee Valley.

The mass of showers and thunderstorms ended up tracking much closer to North Alabama and southern Tennessee.  This resulted in temperatures only in the lower to middle 60s for much of the afternoon.

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he weekend is upon us and the weather is looking fantastic!  It's going to be a big turnaround from yesterday's weather which was the coldest April 4th on record.  Minimum maximum temperature records were broken across north Alabama.  Huh, you ask?  Basically our high temperatures yesterday were the lowest ever seen on April 4th since records have been kept.  Here's how chilly it ended up around the area:

47 in Huntsville (old record was 50 in 1987)

46 in Decatur (old record was 48 in 1901)

48 in Muscle Shoals (old record was 50 in 1998)

The next 5 days will look a whole lot different.  Instead of just a couple of warm days, it looks like the spring-like temperatures may be here to stay finally!   We could see the first 80 degree temperatures of 2013, and the first since November 3rd.

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After a foggy start, skies are clearing out nicely for most of the area.  As of 10:30am we're seeing plenty of sunshine across the area with just a little fog hanging on along the Tennessee River around Decatur.

Temperatures will warm up nicely this afternoon with highs later today in the upper 60s to low 70s.  The warmer weather won't last all week however.  A cold front located to our north will bring colder air over the next few days.

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