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FRIGID AIR: Another hard freeze is ahead for Alabama… but tonight the wind dies down, so it will be a “radiational cooling” night with temperatures spread across the board from the valleys to the ridges early tomorrow. I think the range will be from 8 degrees in the coldest valleys to 25 on ridgetops above 1,800 feet. But, most folks will be in the 14 to 19 degree range at daybreak tomorrow. The great Alabama weather legend, J.B. Elliott, is forecasting a median low of 16 degrees early tomorrow.
WARMER DAYS: We warm into the mid 40s tomorrow, followed by 60 degrees Friday afternoon. The weekend will be very mild with mid to upper 60s on Saturday and Sunday. Dry conditions will continue through Sunday…
NEXT WEEK: A complex storm storm system will form over the western U.S. early next week; the lead short wave will pass well to the north of Alabama, and really won’t be much of a factor here. However, the air will become pretty moist by Monday and Tuesday, and few widely scattered showers are possible, especially over the Tennessee Valley. The main trough will arrive later in the week, either Wednesday night or Thursday, with a good chance of rain and strong thunderstorms. We might even have a severe weather risk based on the projected instability values and wind fields. Watch the Weather Xtreme video and you can see the 12Z GFS shows lots of dynamic cooling Thursday with a possible change to snow here, but we all know that is voodoo for now. Stay tuned…
STORM ALERT 2009: We are coming to Trussville tomorrow night… that is our only Birmingham metro show this year, so we hope to see many people there. We will be at the Trussville Civic Center at 7:00… the doors open at 5:00. You will get some cool stuff to take home, meet our entire weather team, and see some great Alabama weather stories. I hope you can join us!
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I had a great time today seeing the 2nd graders at Briarwood Christian School; be looking for them on the Pepsi KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News! The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…. stay warm!
