FIRST ALERT: Stormy weather builds in after 3PM in west Alabama on Monday

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A mild, breezy and mostly cloudy night is ahead and temperatures will fall back into the 50s and lower 60s. The weather for the first part of Monday looks fine and I don't expect the radar to get active until after 3PM and across west Alabama. Temperatures climb into the upper 60s and lower 70s and skies will be mostly cloudy. Strong to severe storms will be erupting to our west during the first part of the day and move in across west Alabama between 4PM-7PM and that's where the best spin and instability looks to set up for a possible tornado to form. The I-20/59 corridor will see the strongest storms between 7PM-9PM it looks as of right now. Areas east will see the strongest storms through about 11PM.

The top threat will be for travelers when storms pass by because they'll be producing heavy rainfall, low visibility and wet roadways. Secondly, some of those storms could produce 40-60 mph wind gusts that could be damaging. Spin up tornadoes are also a threat but not the top threat and the lowest threat is for hail producing storms.

We recommend you secure anything outdoors, review your severe weather plan, have a way to get warnings including through the WBRC First Alert Weather App and stay weather aware as the activity moves through. Again, we don't see this as an outbreak situation but there will be a few storms that produce damage tomorrow but it's impossible to know exactly where until they form.

A FIRST ALERT for tumbling temperatures on Tuesday! It will be in the 40s all day and the breeze will create a feel in the 30s and clouds linger.

A FIRST ALERT for at or below freezing temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday morning. Sunshine returns by Wednesday and temperatures climb back to normal by Friday.

Our next chance for rain looks to set up over the weekend but models show uncertainty regarding duration.

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