Dry through Friday, some rain possible by the end of this weekendby Ben LangOctober begins with a continued mainly dry and warm weather pattern for the rest of this week. A couple stray showers drifted across west-central Alabama during the mid to late morning Wednesday, but Wednesday afternoon looks partly to mostly sunny and dry. High temperatures range from the mid to upper 80s with a northeast wind of 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday night looks mostly clear and mild with lows in the low to mid 60s.