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Be sure and scroll down for a list of morning lows that J.B. combined around 5:00… and for information about the space shuttle as it passes right overhead late this morning on the way in to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
REST OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND: Today will be another brilliantly sunny day with a high only in the 50s, and another freeze is ahead tonight. I really think the valleys will be a few degrees colder tomorrow morning with the surface high sitting right on top of us. I am using 30 as the forecast low for tomorrow morning, but one number doesn’t really tell the story around here. The range will probably be very wide… from about 22 to 36 degrees (valleys colder, ridges warmer).
We begin to warm up tomorrow afternoon as temperatures return to the low to mid 60s. The weather will remain dry through the weekend with sunny pleasant days and clear cold nights. The valleys will probably have another freeze Friday morning… the early morning lows will be in the 39 to 45 degree range Saturday and Sunday morning.
NEXT WEEK: The GFS is locked on the idea of a dynamic, negative tilt upper trough rolling in here on Tuesday of next week, which will be our next good chance of showers and storms. Strong to severe storms will be involved if the model is correct with rain totals of around one-half to one inch. We will take every drop we get. Then, another shot of cold air rolls in here during the middle of next week, which will probably get us down in the sub-freezing range again.
THANKSGIVING PEEK: The 00Z GFS is coming in with a dry and very cold look for Thanksgiving day… but no real confidence in that voodoo land forecast yet.
STORM ALERT XTREME: We hope to see you his Saturday (November 10) at the BJCC for our annual severe storm training session. Once again this year, the Alabama International Auto Show is a sponsor of Storm Alert XTREME, and it will be held at the BJCC. This is your chance to learn more about Alabama weather, and to be trained as a storm spotter. ABC 33/40 Meteorologist Brian Peters, long time WCM (Warning Coordination Meteorologist) for the National Weather Service in Birmingham, will teach a basic and advanced course on spotting small scale features within thunderstorms that are very important to meteorologists. Read more about Storm Alert XTREME here. And, remember, if you attend Storm Alert Xtreme, you get free admission into the Alabama International Auto Show!
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I will be on the road this morning… headed to Gadsden to speak to the kids at Walnut Park Elementary School. I will try to take some snapshots of the fall colors on the way and post them tonight. Some of the trees are really looking good now… the colors are late in coming, but quite frankly better than I expected. The next Weather Xtreme video will be posted here by 3:30 this afternoon!
