Good Morning!  Happy New Year!  The Arctic air is retreating.  Temperatures will be more reasonable on this first day of 2026.  Sunshine will dominate.  High near 63.  Not as cold tonight.  Low 41.  (Normal 60/37).

Risk of showers begins daytime Friday.  Showers and thunderstorms become likely Friday night and first half of the day Saturday.   Some stronger storms  are not out of the question.  A Marginal Severe risk has been added starting pre-dawn Saturday. Sunday looks dry.  Temperatures will start to warm up next week.

TODAY:  Sunny not as cold. High near 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Increasing clouds tonight.   Not as chilly.  Low 41.

NEXT FEW DAYS:    Risk of showers begins daytime Friday.  Showers and thunderstorms become likely Friday night and first half of the day Saturday.   Some stronger storms  are not out of the question.  Marginal Severe risk has been added starting pre-dawn Saturday. Sunday looks dry.  Temperatures will start to warm up next week.

Next storm system.  Showers and storms are most likely  Friday night into the first half of the day Saturday.

SPC has now added a Level 1 Marginal Severe Risk starting at 6AM Saturday from about Montgomery southeastward.  Damaging wind gusts are the main threat.  Brief tornadoes can’t be ruled out.

Here’s the 10 Day Model Blend Temperature Trend.  There are some warmer days in our future.

Here’s a peak at the EURO 16 day Ensemble outlook.

Thanks for reading this Blog this morning. I’ll have another update for you in the 4  o’clock hour tomorrow morning.  Happy New Year!

–Rich