SUNDAY AM 7:15 UPDATE:
We’ve been warning you about it for days. Now, the Arctic Cold Front has arrived. Today’s official high will go down in the books as 63 at Midnight. At 7AM we fell to 50 at MGM. Expect 42 at Noon. 34 by Sunset. 21 by dawn Monday. Not only that WIND CHILL will be a BIG factor with wind gusts as high as 35 MPH. Wind chill be Dawn in Montgomery may reach 11. Cold Weather Advisory in effect. Take all Cold Weather Precautions. Monday’s high will only reach the low 40’s. And, Monday night we’re headed back to the low 20’s. Dress in layers. By late this week, we will have an amazing spring-like warm up. I’ll have a complete forecast discussion and Blog update in the morning.
SATURDAY MORNING WEEKEND UPDATE:
Good Morning! Enjoy today’s almost spring-like warmth. We had 69 yesterday and we’re headed to the upper 60’s again today. We should be dry through much of this evening. This great news for various Christmas celebrations in various cities today. But, get ready. We are now just hours away from shocking changes. A Cold Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 pm Sunday night through 7 am Monday morning.
An ARCTIC Cold Front will enter Alabama tonight. Showers will proceed the front Late tonight and the Sunday morning pre-dawn hours. Tomorrow will be windy with falling temperatures as Much Colder Arctic Air Floods into our state. Winds gusting to 25. Temps. Fall to 36 by sunset. Sunday night/Monday Dawn will be FRIGID. An Arctic shocker. Low in the low 20’s. Wind Chill in the lower teens. Monday’s high will struggle to reach the lower 40’s. We’re headed for the low to mid 20’s Monday night. (Normal 63/39) Then temperatures recover. We may tease 70 by Thursday. Christmas week looks even warmer. Have a nice weekend.
TODAY: Patchy Morning locally Dense fog early. A sun and clouds mix. Very mild. High upper 60’s TONIGHT: Dry through the evening hours. Risk of showers after midnight and into the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning. Low 42.
We’re way ABOVE normal today, but look at that ominous Arctic air lurking.
FUTURE RADAR: There could be some showers after Midnight. But, I still expect many of us could see some spotty showers in the pre-dawn hours of tomorrow morning ahead of the arctic front. The showers will exit the state early.
Here’s the expected rainfall.
NEXT FEW DAYS: An ARCTIC Cold Front will enter Alabama tonight. Showers will proceed the front Late tonight and the Sunday morning pre-dawn hours. Tomorrow will be windy with falling temperatures as Much Colder Arctic Air Floods into our state. Winds gusting to 25. Temps. Fall to 36 by sunset. Sunday night/Monday Dawn will be FRIGID. An Arctic shocker. Low in the low 20’s. Wind Chill in the lower teens. Monday’s high will struggle to reach the lower 40’s. We’re headed for the low to mid 20’s Monday night. Look for a major recovery to near 70 by next Thursday.
CHECK THIS OUT! This forecast temperature graph speaks volumes. Perhaps near 70 today. Huge temperature crash Sunday. Close to 20, perhaps Monday AM – wind chill 11. 23 Monday night. Then an amazing temperature turn-around next week. Wild temperature swings in our future. Get ready!
Monday morning wind chill at Dawn looks shocking. A Cold Weather Advisory is now in effect from 6 pm Sunday night through 7 am Monday morning.
The 10 Day model blend temperature trend. The big arctic plunge starts Sunday.
Here’s the 16 day from the Euro model. BESIDES the big Arctic Shocker, take a look at Christmas Week.
Here’s the 16 Day GFS Ensembles showing that big Christmas Week warm-up.
CHRISTMAS FORECAST?: Right now, the major Global models are indicating a very warm Christmas week. An incredible recovery from the Arctic Shocker.
Normal hi/lo on Christmas Day would be 60/38.
Right now the Euro Model projects 55/71 The GFS projects 52/68. The Canadian has 53/74. All the models have us storm-free and dry. So, could Christmas be amazingly mild? So maybe upper 60’s and lower 70’s for a Christmas Day High. Sun/cloud mix. Dry. Storm-free. We’ll keep refining this. Stay tuned.
Christmas Day Records: 82 in 2016 – and 5 in 1983.
Thanks for reading this Blog this morning. The next scheduled complete Blog update and Video Forecast Discussion is scheduled for the 4 o’clock hour on Monday morning. Have a great weekend.
-Rich