I will produce a Weather Xtreme video this afternoon when I get into the office at ABC 33/40… it will be posted around 3:30 or so.
Here are some quick forecast notes this morning:
*Cool and dry weather for Alabama today… a high in the low 50s. Tonight will be clear and cold with a freeze possible by daybreak tomorrow.
*Over the weekend… we expect rain tomorrow night, the overrunning type rain with temperatures in the 40s. Showers and storms are possible Sunday with a warm front approaching from the south.
*A severe weather threat still seems likely late Sunday night into Monday as we break into the warm sector of the storm system. The primary window for severe storms seems to be in the general period from midnight Sunday night through noon on Monday. At midday Monday, the cold front should extend southward, roughly along I-65, from a surface low over western Kentucky. While the synoptic scale features look favorable for severe weather, the mesoscale is the key to the magnitude of the event, and we really won’t know that until Sunday. We all need to keep an eye on this.
*FOOTBALL WEATHER: For high school playoff games tonight, it will be chilly but dry. Temperatures will be in the 40s, but not much wind. Some stadiums could be in the upper 30s by the final whistle. UAB travels to Huntington, West Virginia for Marshall University’s Homecoming. Expect dry weather with a high near 45 during the game. For the Alabama/Auburn game in Auburn tomorrow night, temperatures should be in the 40s with a brisk east wind and a cold rain. Not exactly chamber of commerce weather.
*The good news is that some beneficial rain is likely tomorrow through Monday; the QPF from HPC shows 2 to 3 inches for North Alabama, with four inch totals possible down south.
I hope you enjoy the day… again look for a complete discussion and video by 3:30!
