Northwest Alabama WAFF First Alert Weather

10/30/2025

Some patchy frost possible tonight. Followed by a beautiful afternoon Friday!

Some areas could see a light frost tonight. This doesn’t look like a widespread ragweed killer but your plants won’t like it!

10/27/2025

I'm going to need to make more soup. It's going to feel like February Wednesday afternoon.

Looks like a rough 48 hours for some. Clouds will stick around until we get to Thursday afternoon. Pressure begins to fall rapidly Tuesday night into Wednesday as a strong cold front approaches. Cloudy, wet and windy to start the day Wednesday. Much cooler Wednesday afternoon with 4pm temperatures in the middle 40s. Morning lows Thursday and Friday in the upper 30s. Great weather for Halloween Friday. Don't forget we go back on Standard Time this weekend. Sunset Sunday 4:51pm.

10/24/2025

Light to moderate rain will move into west Alabama around sunrise Sunday and continue through about 9pm. No severe weather forecast just rain, cooler temperatures and wind gusts 25-35 mph. Temps will be in the 50s all day!

10/17/2025

A more detailed timeline of when we expect the highest impact from the Sunday morning storms.

A more hyperlocal look at when we expect the maximum impact for the line of storms early Sunday morning. We will be staffed for the entire event. We couldn't put every community on the graphic so you will need to adjust for your location if it is not listed. Locally heavy rain and a few strong storms will cross the state line into western Alabama around Midnight Saturday night. This line will be capable of a few isolated damaging wind gusts between 50-60 mph. The system is lacking instability, the fuel needed for bigger storms, but it does have a lot of low level wind shear. Sometimes this can lead to isolated spin-up EF0 tornadoes. These tornadoes typically only stay on the ground for 2-5 minutes and do damage similar to a strong downburst. However, they can knock down trees and large tree limbs. I only bring up the low end tornado threat in the event you wake up to a tornado warning in the middle of the night. The line of storms will cross I-65 around 3am and should be along the Georgia state line by 7am. Behind the front it will be a cool and windy day with wind gusts 30-35mph. Highs will likely stay in the 60s with overnight lows by Monday morning dropping all the way down into the lower to middle 40s. Monday will be a dry day with highs near 70. Keep checking back for updates as the timing could change by a few hours based on more current information.

10/17/2025

Update on the early Sunday morning storm system. Highest impact will be between 12am and 3am over NW Alabama.

10/16/2025

First Alert Weather Day early Sunday. Storms could be in the Shoals as early as 10pm and as late as 1am. Keep checking back for more updates on the timing. Low end threat. We expect locally heavy rain and gusty winds. There could be a few isolated damaging winds and we can't rule out a brief spin-up EF-0 tornado. Keep in mind this type of tornado typically does similar damage to a microburst covering a small area. They can come with very little warning and don't stay on the ground very long.

10/15/2025

Another front moves in this weekend. Heavy rain and gusty winds are likely. The severe threat is low but we are watching it.

10/13/2025

Some strong storms possible early Sunday morning ahead of a cold front. Wind gusts late Saturday will increase to 20-30 mph. Keep checking back for updates.

10/03/2025

If you're headed south for Fall Break beware of Dangerous Rip Currents and High Surf conditions that are forecast along the Gulf Coast through Monday.

10/01/2025

Over the past 7 years we have seen our first big cold front around the end of the second week of October. On average the 16th of the month.

Went back the past seven years to find when the first big cold front moved in during the month of October. Many times the first big cold front has move in around the second week of the month. Hoping the same holds true this year.

09/25/2025

4pm Radar.. Line of showers and a few storms ahead of a cold front will move into western Alabama around 4:30 this afternoon. No severe weather is expected. The line will break up some after sunset.

09/24/2025

Storms for the morning commute in the Shoals. More into the afternoon