HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Put on your walking shoes and push away from your desk at work. Wednesday is National Walk at Lunch Day.

It was created to improve personal health and decrease costs of healthcare for employers and employees.

Participation is fun and easy.

Bring or wear comfortable shoes and take a walk at lunch. Rain or shine, find a place to get moving.

The U.S. Health and Human Services say simply getting 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a few times a week has significant health benefits.

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The next few days look dry and slightly below average. (Average highs for this time of year are the mid 70s, while the lows should be in the low 50s.)

Our next chance of rain comes Tuesday night into Wednesday.  At this point, the threat for severe weather looks pretty low with this system. 

High temperatures on Wednesday will be early in the day, in the upper 60s, before colder air pushes in throughout the afternoon and evening. 

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- A strong cold front will bring a line of strong to severe thunderstorms across north Alabama late Thursday evening and into the overnight hours. 

The primary severe weather threat will be damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph.  An isolated tornado is also possible, mainly across NW Alabama as the storms arrive. 

The storms are expected to gradually weaken as they push across the area. 

Right now it appears that storms will affect NW Alabama and the Shoals between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., the Huntsville Metro and I-65 corridor between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m., and NE  Alabama between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. 

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