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Video above: The latest forecast from meteorologists>> STAY PREPARED: WVTM 13 coverage on the tropicsHURRICANE BERYL Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda Texas early Monday morning around 3 a.m. After weakening into a Tropical Storm, Beryl regained Category 1 status with max sustained winds of 80 mph. There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds along the Texas coastline. The powerful storm first made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula Friday morning as a po…

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for the southern half of Alabama until 5 a.m. Strong storms moving in from Mississippi could generate strong wind gusts, hail, and some localized flooding.Download the free WVTM 13 app and turn on alerts for the latest information from our meteorologists. You can download it here. >> WATCH: Tornado rips through DeKalb County, sending 2 people to hospitalALERT WEATHER: SEVERE STORMS TONIGHTA large complex of thunderstorms moving into Central and South Ala…

Video above: Damage from Chilton County’s Pools Crossroads tornado.The National Weather Service has confirmed four tornadoes in Central Alabama and at least two more in North Alabama.All six tornadoes are classified as EF-0 and EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.In North Alabama:Colbert County (Leighton): EF-1, peak wind at 90 mph.Limestone County (Panther Branch): EF-0, peak wind at 85 mph.In Central Alabama:Dallas/Chilton Counties (Plantersville): EF-1, peak wind at 95 mph.Chilton County (Pools…

Showers last through midday Tuesday, and then the rest of the week looks drier. Check the video forecast for the latestSTEADY RAIN TUESDAY MORNING Soaking rain will spread east across Alabama through midday Tuesday. A clearing trend is likely from west to east with sunshine breaking through the clouds by late afternoon. Highs today will reach the upper 60s and low 70s. The evening weather is calm and quiet.RAINFALL: Slow-moving rain will add up to 1 to 2 inches by mid-morning, and an additional…

Where is winter? That brutal arctic blitz in January dropped Birmingham’s average temperature 13 degrees below normal from Jan. 13-21.Since then, winter disappeared.Is it coming back?We do expect a return to colder-than-usual weather around mid-February. The transition may be slow, but the same kind of pattern that drove bitterly cold air and wintry weather into the South last month will develop again after Valentine’s Day.How cold will it get? That is still debatable, but a few more rounds of A…

Video above: The latest forecast from WVTM 13 meteorologists >> KNOW THE ROADS: Winter weather conditions across AlabamaOnce we get through the weekend, the arctic cold and winter weather will be a thing of the past. Unfortunately, that isn’t much comfort while we are braving temperatures below freezing all day Saturday. Wind chills Saturday afternoon will be in the teens. A Wind Chill Advisory goes into effect tonight through Sunday morning, mainly for North Alabama, for wind chills that could…

Thursday starts out frosty and cold, but it ends up being one of the nicest days we will have for a while in North and Central Alabama. Get ready for a wet, windy, and stormy pattern in the days ahead. Check the video forecast for the latest.SHORT-TERM THROUGH THURSDAYClouds thin overnight, and it gets cold again. Expect low temperatures in the middle and upper 20s by sunrise. The air warms nicely thanks to a sunny sky Thursday afternoon. Daytime highs top out in the lower to middle 50s in most…

Alabama’s odds of a white Christmas are down to zero. There is no threat of wintry weather at all through the middle of next week, but some large-scale changes across the Northern Hemisphere put us in a position to sit up and take notice for early January.>> YOUR CHRISTMAS FORECAST: Know before you travel DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?Winter officially begins on Thursday at 9:27 p.m. CDT. Thursday will mark the 2,204th day since Birmingham measured at least one inch of snowfall on Dec. 8, 2017.…