Forecast and Conditions for Cherokee, Alabama

Updated: 7:39 PM CDT on October 07, 2008
Observed at Downtown, Florence, Alabama
Temperature 68.6 °F / 20.3 °C
Humidity 93%
Dew Point 66 °F / 19 °C
Wind ESE at 6.0 mph / 9.7 km/h
Pressure 29.97 in / 1014.8 hPa (Falling)
Conditions Overcast
Visibility 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
Clouds Mostly Cloudy (BKN) : 5000 ft / 1524 m
Overcast (OVC) : 7000 ft / 2133 m
Yesterday's Maximum 86 °F / 30 °C
Yesterday's Minimum 53 °F / 11 °C
Normal high 77 °F / 25 °C
Normal low 53 °F / 11 °C
Record high 93 °F / 33 °C (1916)
Record low 34 °F / 1 °C (1991)
Yesterday's Heating Degree Days 0
Yesterday's Cooling Degree Days 5
Sunrise06:51 AM (CDT)
Sunset06:27 PM (CDT)
Moon Rise02:25 PM (CDT)
Moon SetNo Moon Set
Moon Phase
Forecast as of 7:25 PM CDT on October 7, 2008

Now
Through 830 PM...widely scattered showers are possible across the Tennessee Valley. Additional rainfall from these showers will range from a few hundredths of an inch of rain...upwards to around one quarter of an inch. Movement of this activity is to the north and northeast 25 to 30 mph. Brief wind gusts to 30 mph...and a few rumbles of thunder may accompany the heavier showers...especially across northwest Alabama.
Forecast as of 3:53 PM CDT on October 7, 2008

Tonight
Occasional showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the evening...then periods of showers and isolated thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Wednesday Night
Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 50s. Light winds.
Thursday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 10 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Light winds.
Friday through Monday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 20 percent.
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