Good morning! There is rain on the radar this morning as an Arctic Cold Front approaches. The rain will exit the area rather quickly later this morning. Much colder air is on the way. Today’s expected high of 52 will be about 8 degrees colder than yesterday. It will turn sharply colder tonight. By Dawn Thursday we’ll be close to 24 with a wind chill near 12, if not colder. Thursday’s high will struggle to reach 41, but you’ll swear it’s colder. Friday will be the coldest morning with a morning low of 20 and a wind chill 10-12. The weekend will start to show a recovery with highs in the 50’s. We’ll be in the 60’s Monday, and the 70’s next Tuesday & Wednesday. It’s a dry forecast after this morning. Here’s my brief video forecast discussion.
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TODAY: Rain will exit the area rather quickly during the morning. Otherwise, breezy and much cooler. High 52. North wind 10 to 15 gusting to 20. Mostly cloudy, sharply colder tonight. Overnight low 24, wind chill near 12 by Dawn with NW wind gusting to 25 overnight.
The Front moves through this morning. Rain ends early. Much colder air follows. Tonight will be sharply colder. Thursday wilk be a raw Winter’s Day.
It’s SNOWING in Alabama this morning. Way up north. Places like Lamar and Fayette county. Other places. VERY LARGE snow flakes reported because of the high water content. Winter Weather Advisory far north Alabama.
NEXT FEW DAYS: Very Cold Arctic Air is in our future at least for 2 or 3 days before we start to climb out of the Arctic Cellar. Coldest day will be Thursday. Coldest mornings will be Thursday and Friday. Over the weekend we start to recover. We’ll be in the 50’s. We may even tease 60 on Sunday. Monday’s high of 67 will seem like a heatwave. Expect the 70’s near Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wind Chill will be a factor, particularly Thursday and Friday morning. Look at this Wind chill map for Thursday morning. Friday AM is very similar.
Coldest Day will be Thursday. But there’s a big recovery in our future by next Tuesday.
Here’s the 10 day model blend temperature trend. Looks like a Rollercoaster. From near 20 Friday morning to 72 the 70’s next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thanks for reading this special blog update. This morning everything is normal. We’ll be LIVE on NewsTalk 93.1. There will be another Blog Update and Forecast Video discussion in the 4’o’clock hour tomorrow morning. Have a good day.
–Rich