Good Morning! Much cooler air covers the state. Sunshine will dominate today, but highs will not make it out of the 60’s. And, we are heading for a late season cold night tonight. A freeze warning covers the northern third of the state. Even upper 30’s in south central Alabama could produce spotty frost. Temperatures will slowly start to recover. Thursday will be the warmest day as the mercury heads for the upper 70’s. A weak cold front could produce a few widely scattered showers Thursday night. Friday and Saturday will turn cooler again. The good news is, we should see the first storm free weekend in quite awhile. I don’t see any severe weather in the next several days. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
TODAY: Cool sunshine. High 66. (Normal 77/51) North wind 10 to 15 gusting to 20 mph. Clear and quite cold tonight. Low 38. Frost possible in the morning.
Late season chill. Lows in the 30’s tonight. Unusually cold for this late. The northern counties will be near or below freezing in spots. Upper 30’s are likely in central Alabama. Scattered frost is expected in central Alabama.
A Freeze Warning covers the northern third of the state. Frost is expected by Wednesday morning deep into south central Alabama.
NEXT FEW DAYS: The below normal temperatures continue. Cool days and cold nights. Thursday will be warmer. Expect a High in the upper 70’s. A weak cold front could produce a few widely scattered showers Thursday night. Friday and Saturday will turn cooler again. The weekend will be nice. Storm-free for a change. Lots of sunshine. Saturday’s high will barely reach 70, but Sunday will be a little warmer with a high in the middle 70’s. We are in the heart of the severe weather season, but I don’t see any significant storm systems for the next few days.
Here’s the 10 day model blend temperature trend. The coldest morning will be Wednesday morning. Looks like next week will be quite a bit warmer.
Thanks for reading this 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