Most weather forecasters use computer models to help make their forecast.
They are kind of a passion for me. Most of the links you see here will be to computer models. Don't worry if some of them look like just a bunch of numbers, it takes a little time to be able to read them. The best place to start is by reading the first two articles here. After that I would suggest starting with the help page here on the NGM MOS and then actually looking at the NGM MOS run for Birmingham.