Rain chances are expected to climb starting today in Alabama, and the rest of the work week could be pretty soggy at times.

It won’t rain all day, every day, but the National Weather Service is expecting off and on showers and occasional storms through at least Friday.

A Level 1 risk for isolated severe storms has been added to the forecast for today for southwest Alabama, but no severe is expected for the rest of the state today. There is no severe weather in the forecast, after today, for the rest of the week.

But the rain could really add up in some places between today and Friday.

A forecast from the weather service, shown at the top of this post, shows that 4 to 6 inches of rain will be possible through Friday morning for the southwest part of the state.

There is a flood watch in effect just over the state line in Mississippi, and the weather service said expansion of that watch into part of southwest Alabama could be possible depending on trends in the next few days.

The rest of the state could also get rain but not as much. Amounts of a half-inch to 1 inch will be possible through Friday morning for north Alabama and parts of central Alabama.

The weather service is expecting several weather disturbances to set off waves of rain in Alabama through the next few days.

Rain chances will climb first today in southwest Alabama and then the rest of the state tonight and into Wednesday.

The weather service said the rain is likely to come in waves, with the best chances of showers occasional storms during each afternoon and early evening.

Expect chances for rain to linger into the weekend as well. However, forecasters think that the soggy weather pattern could shift to drier and warmer sometime next week.