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ICY WIND: Cold is the word today; despite a sunny sky we will fail to make it past the mid 40s; both the NAM and the GFS are printing a high of 44 for Birmingham today. More than likely, Huntsville won’t make it out of the 30s. The north wind will make it feel even colder. Then, tonight, the bottom drops out, and most places will wind up somewhere between 20 and 25, with the cold valleys between 14 and 19. Pretty amazing considering this is November, not January.
OUR WEEKEND: A slow warming trend is the headline after Saturday morning; we will rise into the mid 50s Saturday, and then be close to 60 by Sunday afternoon. Dry air means lots of sunshine and no chance of rain.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For tonight’s high school playoff games, you will really need to bundle up. We are projecting temperatures in the mid 30s at kickoff, dropping to near 30 degrees by the final whistle. Some stadiums in valley locations over Northeast Alabama could dip into the upper 20s. A very cold night for football. Alabama and Auburn have the weekend off, but UAB will host East Carolina tomorrow at 6:00 at Legion Field (CSS-TV), where the sky will be clear. Temperatures will fall from near 48 at kickoff into the upper 30s by the fourth quarter. Yeah, we know, most of you are thinking ahead to the Iron Bowl. Read on….
MONDAY: A cold front passes through the state, and will bring a good chance of showers on Monday. I still think rain amounts will be only around one-quarter of an inch for most places due to limited moisture. It could rain at any time during the day.
TUESDAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY: The sky should become mostly sunny Tuesday as cool and dry air moves into the state; the weather looks delightful Wednesday and on Thanksgiving Day with a high at or maybe just above 60 both days. Dry air means no rain. See the Weather Xtreme video, but generally speaking travel weather looks excellent around the nation on Wednesday.
POST-THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: We will continue to bring in a chance of rain on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday November 28. The 00Z GFS continues to show a sharp change to colder weather on Saturday November 29. Yeah, we have seen all kinds of different looks for this weekend in recent days, but now that we are getting closer, confidence in a solution is higher. So, at this point the weather for the Iron Bowl looks cold and blustery. Even some hint at snow flurries in the 00Z run, but we sure won’t go there at this point. Sunday November 30 looks cold and dry for now. All of this could change, of course, and we will have a really good look at this weekend in our Monday morning discussion.
And, we won’t even go into December, but the pattern looks generally cold.
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