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TOO COLD FOR ALABAMA: Here is a look at some 5:00 a.m. temperatures across the great state of Alabama…
Broomtown 3
Russellville 5
Haleyville 7
Meridianville 7
Fort Payne 8
Valley Head 9
Cullman 9
Decatur 9
Goldridge (Cullman Co) 9
Muscle Shoals 9
Scottsboro 10
Gadsden 12
Fayette 13
Concord 13
Anniston 15
Bessemer 15
Center Point 15
Coker 15
Birmingham 18
Tuscaloosa 18
Clearly this is the coldest morning so far this season, and just maybe the coldest morning of the winter. J.B. Elliott, the great American weather legend, will have a full list of lows across the frozen tundra later this morning.
WARMER DAYS AHEAD: We rise into the low 40s today with a sunny sky, and a good chance we hit the big 50 tomorrow as the start the weekend. However, let me caution you that it will be pretty cold tomorrow morning. The colder places will be in the upper teens, with lows 20s elsewhere at daybreak tomorrow. So, for that early Saturday morning run, bundle up. But, that 50 degree high will sure feel good. The high Sunday will also be close to 50. The weekend will stay dry with a partly sunny sky both days.
NEXT WEEK: We will bring in a chance of showers Monday and Monday night, possibly into Tuesday, as a short wave spins up a surface low just to the southwest. There will be stronger surface low to the north with a trailing front, and it remains to be see how the details of this will unfold. Watch the Weather Xtreme video and you will see the 06Z operational GFS hints the most widespread rain will come Monday afternoon and Monday night, then ending Tuesday morning as the cold front sweeps through.
Colder air follows the rain on Wednesday and Thursday as the high drops back into the low 40s, but not as cold as the weather we have experienced this week.
VOODOO LAND: The North Atlantic Oscillation flips into positive range during the last week of January. Understand it can get cold with a positive NAO, it is just harder for that to happen. So, hopefully we will enjoy some relatively mild winter weather for the end of January and early February. See the Weather Xtreme video for details.
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I am doing a weather program this morning at Kennedy Elementary School in Pell City… look for the next Weather Xtreme video here by 3:30 or so this afternoon. Enjoy the day!
