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Pretty cold this morning… some quick observations from our Skywatchers this morning:
Kimberly 23
Crossville 23
Scrougeout (northeast of Gadsden) 23
Hamilton 24
Concord 24
Fayette 27
J.B. will run down a full list of lows a little later this morning. We warm up nicely today; most spots will reach the upper 50s, which is right where we should be for early December in Alabama.
MID-WEEK: A clipper will pass north of Alabama tomorrow, and will drag a cold front through here tomorrow night in dry fashion. This will bring another shot of cool and dry air for Thursday. All of the precipitation with the clipper will remain well to the north of Alabama.
LATE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND: Winds will turn to the south by Friday and the weekend, meaning warmer temperatures and increasing moisture levels. Despite the increase in moisture, there simply is no trigger for rain, and for now I don’t see any reason to mention rain in the forecast (although a stray shower might pop up somewhere) for Saturday and Sunday. Look for a high close to 70 degrees on both days this weekend, about 10 degrees above average values for this time of the year.
NEXT WEEK: The models are now in very good agreement… a deep, cold upper trough will be parked over the western U.S., while a warm and dry ridge will cover the Deep South. Bottom line is that this means little if any chance of beneficial rain for a pretty good part of next week with all of the big rain and snow producers passing well to the west and north of here. This is just the way it has been all year, generally speaking.
The GFS hints our next chance of good rain here will be around December 15-16, and of course, that is in voodoo land.
WHAT ABOUT THE COLD: Northway, Alaska dropped to 44 degrees below zero yesterday morning. Amazing cold for so early in the season. Brutally cold air covers much of the northern part of the continent, and the snow cover is growing. While the GFS has shifted to the western trough look for next week (leaving us in a mild pattern or a week or so), you have to expect some of that air to reach us as the upper air winds allow later in the month. It is always interesting to watch the progression of Arctic air in the cold weather season… we will be keeping an eye on it in coming weeks.
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