The Monday afternoon edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available on the player below, and on iTunes:
Cool and dry weather will headline the forecast through mid-week. A secondary surge of cool air rolls in here late tonight, and tomorrow should be a few degrees cooler than today. Our coldest morning will come Wednesday, with lows in the 24 to 29 degree range for much of North Alabama. To the north, as the new surge of chilly air arrives, a little light snow is possible over East Tennessee and Kentucky tomorrow. A winter storm watch is in effect for the Great Smoky mountains, where snow amounts of 2 to 6 inches are likely, mainly for elevations above 2,000 feet. Sure would be fun to be in Gatlinburg to watch that.
LATE THIS WEEK: The air will modify as winds turn around to the southeast, and we begin to warm up. We will reach the 60s by Friday, and with increasing moisture levels a few scattered showers might show up. On Saturday, the GFS hints the best chance of rain will be over the northwest part of the state, roughly north of a line from Vernon to Cullman to Fort Payne. To the south, showers will be rather scattered and much of the day should be dry. Then, rain will increase statewide on Sunday as a cold front moves into North Alabama.
ICE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK? Early next week we have your classic case of shallow cold air at the surface, with warm, moist air riding up and over the top with a southwest flow aloft. Sure looks like somebody across the Deep South will have a problem with freezing rain; but at this point it is way too early to even try and be specific. Might be a problem for Memphis or Nashville, or maybe as far south as I-20. Just keep in mind we might have the first ice threat of 2007 next week somewhere across the southern U.S. in the Monday-Tuesday time frame (January 15-16). All we can do for now is say “stay tuned”.
Be sure and scroll down below and read J.B.’s posts on the snow cover out west, and the brutal cold over the Arctic region. I also notice some stories on record cold and many deaths over South Asia over on our sister site WeatherParty.com. Funny how you won’t hear about this in the “mainstream media”. We will watch to keep an eye on that cold air around the Arctic; the winter has a long way to go.
I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted bright and early tomorrow morning by 7:00 a.m….
