💨Straight-line winds: The underrated villain of severe storms. They cause just as much, if not more, damage as 🌪️tornadoes.
🍃Straight-line wind can reach speeds of 100mph and bring down trees/power lines. They’ll yeet your patio furniture if you’re not careful.
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— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) February 11, 2026
Scattered showers are developing across parts of west Alabama this afternoon. These showers are drifting southeast.
Rain likely shortly near Leroy, Jackson, Wagerville, Camden, Coffeeville, Frankville, and Chilton.
More showers will likely pop up across the region into the… pic.twitter.com/3w0hm9dzYU
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) February 11, 2026
Scattered clouds continue to move southeast across south Alabama and northwest Florida at midday on this Wednesday.
Isolated sprinkles and showers will be possible throughout the afternoon and evening hours. pic.twitter.com/qGkZKOnTHk
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) February 11, 2026
PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND FRIDAY; STORMS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND… The weather doesn’t get much better for a mid-February Thursday across south Alabama and northwest Florida. Temperatures will peak in the low 70s with partly cloudy skies expected throughout the day. Patchy areas of dense fog will quickly burn off over the next few hours. Tomorrow will be quite similar to today. Fog will be possible in the early morning hours with high temperatures likely to be in the low to mid 70s. Our next rain chance sets up this weekend, specifically Saturday P.M. into Sunday A.M. as a cold front approaches from the west. We will probably have a low-end severe weather setup on Sunday morning with gusty winds being the main concern.
RAIN POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND; LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK SUNDAY… Isolated showers will become possible on Saturday in the afternoon and evening hours. Rain chances will increase throughout the evening and into the overnight hours. Thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday morning, probably in the form of a squall line. Thunderstorms will be capable of producing gusty winds. The overall parameters for tornadoes do not seem particularly impressive, thankfully, but one or two tornadoes can never be ruled out in a setup like this. We will be able to get much more specific with timing and hazard placement over the next day or so.
MILD WEATHER CONTINUES NEXT WEEK… Afternoon high temperatures will be in the 70s each day over the next 7-10 days. Overnight lows are the values that will vary quite a bit, ranging from the 40s to the 60s. The next couple of weeks across south Alabama and northwest Florida will continue to be unseasonably mild/warm. I see nothing in the long range data pointing to any significant cold air intrusions. We WILL have some cold shots before the end of winter, but the worst of the freezing temperatures are nearly certainly behind us! That isn’t to say we won’t have a night of subfreezing temperatures here and there over the next few weeks – we probably will. The extended duration of cold temperatures, however, is not particularly likely to return anytime soon.
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Hope you have a great Thursday!
The next couple of weeks across south Alabama and northwest Florida will continue to be unseasonably mild/warm. I see nothing in the long range data pointing to any significant cold air intrusions.
We WILL have some cold shots before the end of winter, but the worst of winter is…
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) February 11, 2026
STORMS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND… Rain and storms will be possible on Saturday night into Sunday morning with at least some chance of a few strong to severe storms. Too early for specifics. This probably will set up as a low-end risk zone for much of the local area.
Mild temperatures will continue over the next 7-10 days!
SHOWERS AT TIMES TODAY… Isolated showers will be possible throughout the day on this Wednesday. Not every community will have rain before the end of the day, however. I suspect MOST probably won’t.
High temperatures will be in the upper 70s.
Have a great Wednesday!
