Any chance for rain in Alabama this week?

It looks like Alabama’s dry spell will continue for at least another week.

The National Weather Service says there is little to no rain in the forecast at least through the end of the work week, and the seven-day forecast from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center stretches out the dry streak even longer:

Here’s the WPC’s seven-day precipitation outlook:

That blob of green over central Alabama could happen next Sunday if the forecast were to play out exactly. That area could get less than a tenth of an inch, though, even if it did materialize.

An area of high pressure is expected to dominate Alabama’s weather this week. This could make for very pleasant, but dry, conditions.

Any chance for rain in the near future? The long-range precipitation outlook from the Climate Prediction Center is not all that promising, showing slightly increased probabilities of below-average rainfall through Nov. 3. However, southern Alabama could be near normal:

Temperatures are expected to warm up some through the week, and the weather service said high temperatures in some cases could be a few degrees shy of record highs.

Today’s expected high temperatures are at the top of this post. Wednesday could be one of the warmer days this week. Here are the expected high temperatures for Wednesday:

What are record highs for this time of year, anyway?

Here is a look at the existing record highs for a few Alabama cities for Monday through Wednesday (or Oct. 21-23):

BIRMINGHAM

Oct. 21: 89 in 1963; Oct. 22: 89 in 1941; Oct. 23: 89 in 1941

HUNTSVILLE

Oct. 21: 89 in 1963; Oct. 22: 88 in 1963; Oct. 23: 89 in 1927

MOBILE

Oct. 21: 88 in 1963; Oct. 22: 91 in 1963; Oct. 23: 90 in 1941

MONTGOMERY

Oct. 21: 88 in 1963; Oct. 22: 90 in 1984; Oct. 23: 90 in 1941

MUSCLE SHOALS

Oct. 21: 89 in 1963; Oct. 22: 90 in 1963; Oct. 23: 89 in 1939

TUSCALOOSA

Oct. 21: 90 in 1953; Oct. 22: 91 in 1953; Oct. 23: 90 in 1953