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TODAY: The heaviest rain is in the process of moving out of Alabama, after a very windy and wet night. A number of places have seen storm totals over two inches, and winds late last night were gusting to over 40 mph on the ridges. In the wake of the big rain mass, today will feature low clouds and periods of light rain or drizzle; nothing really heavy.
TO THE NORTH: A whopper of a snow event will unfold from Indianapolis to the middle Atlantic coast. Our friends in Washington and Baltimore, most likely, will be measuring snow in terms of feet, and not inches. Expect serious travel problems through this region. Snow and ice is possible southward into the rest of Virginia and parts of North Carolina.
TONIGHT/TOMORROW: Colder air begins to drop southward, and low clouds will stay in place, meaning tomorrow will be a pretty raw day to start the weekend. Temperatures will hover in the 40 to 45 degree range all day with a chance of some drizzle. It will feel colder with to strong north winds in the 12 to 25 mph range.
SUNDAY: The sky will clear tomorrow night, and finally we will enjoy a brighter day on Sunday as sunshine returns in full force. The high Sunday afternoon will be in the upper 40s.
NEXT WEEK: The next storm system will bring rain to Alabama early in the week. Global models are now in much better agreement, and it looks like the rain will come late Monday night and during the day Tuesday. Rain totals of 1/2 to 1 inch look likely with that feature.
Much colder air blows in here during the latter half of next week, and we have model madness on the idea of a late week storm. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for details; the GFS just shows a little light snow on Thursday, followed by a dry day on Friday, but the ECMWF shows a more significant storm at the end of the week on Friday, which is probably the better idea considering the pattern. There could be some snow or ice issues for somebody across the Deep South with this, but needless to say no way of knowing who at this stage of the game.
With a strongly negative Arctic Oscillation and active southern branch of the jet stream, look for mid-month winter weather mischief.
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Busy today today… I am speaking to the Metro Sertoma Club at midday, followed by a weather program early this afternoon at Brookwood Forrest Elementary in Mountain Brook. I should be able to crank out an afternoon Weather Xtreme video; it will be posted by 3:30. Enjoy the day!
