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No doubt about… our long hot summer is over. If you have read my discussions here in recent days, I have told you that it can be significant colder than you might expect when we are under a cold core upper low, due to dynamic cooling from above. Check out these 2:00 p.m. observations…
Birmingham Airport 59
Mobile 58
Columbus, MS 57
Memphis 53
Batesville, AR 45
The weather will remain pretty chilly tomorrow and Thursday; the GFS shows a high of 56 tomorrow, and only 51 Thursday. Those numbers might be a little low, but they look pretty close to me.
Of course, the upper low will also bring a few more periods of rain tomorrow and Thursday. But, keep in mind there will be dry slots and the sun should break out from time to time. Additional rainfall tomorrow and Thursday should be generally under one inch. Be sure and scroll down for J.B.’s long list of rain totals.
FRIDAY: I think we can safely back down on the chance of rain on Friday, as the GFS shows a nice slot of dry air moving in here from the west. I am not ready to take out the chance of rain completely, but it is beginning to look like Friday will be dry.
THE WEEKEND: Great weather… sunny mild days and clear cool nights. The GFS is showing 44 degrees for Birmingham early Saturday; we might see some upper 30s in the colder valleys. Highs will be in the 70 to 75 degree range on Saturday and Sunday. Very comfortable.
NEXT WEEK: The week looks mostly dry, and the GFS still shows a shot of colder air moving in here around Halloween. The 12Z run is not as sharp with the upper trough, and the cold air isn’t as deep. We will fine tune that over the weekend.
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I sure enjoyed seeing everyone at Blue Springs Baptist Church in Oxford today… a nice crowd and a great lunch. A good deal for a person who only was able to get two hours of sleep last night! Lots of viewer pictures to post… they will be here shortly. The next Weather Xtreme video will be up by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow…
