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The average high/low for today is 68/44… we expect temperatures well below those values today and tonight. Even with a good supply of sunshine, the high today will be only in the low to mid 50s, and conditions are setting up for a freeze across a large part of North and Central Alabama tonight.
We figure the range of temperatures at daybreak tomorrow will range from 25 to 35, with the 20s coming in the valleys and low spots with a clear sky and light wind.
A warming trend begins tomorrow with a high back in the 60s, and then we will be close to 70 by Wednesday afternoon.
NEXT RAIN: The 00Z GFS brings a surface front down into North Alabama Saturday, which will bring the next chance of showers. There won’t be much upper support with this front, so at this point we don’t expect any especially heavy rain or severe weather. And, because the front will be generally parallel to the upper air winds, it will stall out somewhere around here, which should prolong the chance of showers into Sunday. This shouldn’t be a wash-out, but keep in mind a few showers and possibly a thunderstorm are possible over the weekend.
That front actually hangs around early next week, and we will continue the chance of showers into Monday and Tuesday, March 31-April 1.
INTO THE LAND OF VOODOO: Really no major severe threat shows up on the GFS through April 8; the core of the westerlies remains a little north of here for the first week of April. Best chance of rain will come from surface fronts that run out of gas around here, much like the setup this weekend. We also note that no unusually cold weather shows up during the medium range, but we sure can’t guarantee that tonight will be our last freeze of the year!
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