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A weekend warm-up headlines our forecast package this afternoon… we are expecting mid 50s tomorrow and mid 60s on Sunday. The sky will be partly sunny both days, and rain is not expected around here over the weekend.
To the west, all eyes will be on the major storm system impacting the western quarter of the nation; it will bring our next good chance of rain by the middle of next week.
Monday looks mostly dry and mild with a mix of sun and clouds; the latest GFS MOS suggests we reach the low 70s by Monday afternoon. That is a big time warm-up considering that we were at 13 degrees early yesterday.
NEXT RAIN: The 12Z GFS still shows the next good chance of rain and storms in here Tuesday night of next week… generally from 6:00 p.m. Tuesday until 3:00 a.m. Wednesday. Rain totals of one-half to one inch look likely, and the threat of severe weather continues to look minimal due to limited instability.
There is no real Arctic air involved with that system, so temperatures will cool off only slightly during the latter half of next week.
JANUARY 13-14: Snow lovers continue to watch every run of the GFS and the ECMWF with excitement; the 12Z run of the GFS continues to show a major storm system impacting Alabama and the Southeast U.S. with potential for heavy rain and heavy snow (where will the rain/snow line be? Nobody knows…). This storm will remain in voodoo country until Monday, when we will be within the seven day period where we have better skill in identifying the specific impact to Alabama. We really need to get the mid-week storm system out of here next week before we can really get comfortable dealing with this one.
If the 12Z run of the GFS is correct, we can expect a major blast of Arctic air following the January 13-14 system.
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I sure enjoyed speaking to the third graders today at Greystone Elementary; be looking for them on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News… Brian Peters will have the Weather Xtreme videos here tomorrow and Sunday; my next video will come bright and early Monday morning by 7:00. Enjoy the weekend!
