Good Morning! Alabama has a rather remarkable warm string of days ahead of us on this first week of the month of March. Highs are expected in the upper 70’s again today after 78° at MGM yesterday. The warming will continue. Wednesday through Saturday, at least, we’ll be in the lower 80’s. A couple of upper air disturbances will bring the risk of spotty showers and thunderstorms to the forecast Thursday and Friday – perhaps a little more concentrated by Saturday. Any potential Severe Weather threat will hold off for now. But we’ll be watching developments in the middle part of the country closely Wednesday and beyond. Potential “issues” here now seem delayed by the models. Stay tuned. Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.
TODAY: Sunny and warm. High 78. SE wind 5 to 10 mph.
(Normal 68/44)
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low 55. Full Moon. See below.
NEXT FEW DAYS: The warming continues. Wednesday through Saturday, at least, we’ll be in the lower 80’s. Nights in the 50/s/60s. A couple of upper air disturbances will bring the risk of spotty showers and thunderstorms to the forecast Thursday and Friday – perhaps a little more concentrated by Saturday.
FUTURE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT?:
Any potential Severe Weather threat will hold off for now. But we’ll be watching developments in the middle part of the country closely Wednesday and beyond. Potential “issues” here now seem delayed by the models.
Starting by about Wednesday there could certainly be the start of severe weather threat in the middle of the nation.
Some of the models try to hold off on the storm threat till maybe next Monday 3/9. We’ll see. That’s a longtime away.
This is experimental — Extended Supercell Severe Potential — March 8 to March
The 10 Day model Blend Temperature Trend. Looks like a little cool down toward the 12 and 13th.
The Euro Ensemble 16 Day model temperature trend.
FULL BLOOD RED (Worm Moon): It’s officially full early tomorrow morning at 5:38 AM CST.
On March 3, 2026, the first total lunar eclipse of the year will transform the full “Worm Moon” into a dramatic, coppery-red Blood Moon. This global event will last over five hours, with the peak totality phase spanning 58 minutes as the Moon passes fully through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow. The moon will be copery/red in color during the eclipse.
The total lunar eclipse (blood moon) on March 3, 2026, will feature 100% totality in Montgomery, AL, as the moon completely enters the Earth’s shadow. The total phase (totality) begins at 5:04 a.m. CST and ends at 6:02 a.m. CST, with the moon setting shortly after at 6:24 a.m.
- Maximum Eclipse: 5:30 a.m. CST.
- Visibility: The entire event is visible, but the moon will be low on the horizon towards the end
DAYS TILL Officially SPRING: 18 days!
Thanks for reading this Blog this morning. This morning we are LIVE on the radio from 6 to 9 on NewsTalk 93.1. I’ll have another update for you in the 4 o’clock hour tomorrow morning. Have a nice day.
–Rich