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SPRING-LIKE WEATHER AHEAD: The warm-up continues, we will be close to 60 tomorrow afternoon, followed by 70 on Thursday. There will be clouds around at times both days, but the chance of rain for any one given spot will remain very small, and the sun will be out at times.
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The GFS continues to trend slower with the arrival of the surface front, it might be Friday evening before showers arrive ahead of the front. Still looks like a wave forms along the front near us, which will prolong the wet weather into the day Saturday. There could be some thunder involved, but there is very little surface based instability, and the chance of severe weather at this point remains low. Some pretty decent rain totals are possible, the HPC QPF guidance has ramped up to 1-2 inches for much of Alabama. The rain should end Saturday night, and Sunday looks like a day with a clearing sky, along with windy and sharply colder conditions.
We do note the ECMWF tries to wrap some precipitation back into Northeast Alabama early Sunday morning, which could be in the form of snow. But, that model has not performed well in similar systems this season, and that solution is rejected at this point. Somebody up the East Coast (mainly for inland areas) could see a big snow Sunday and Monday, however. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for all of the graphics and details.
VOODOO LAND: No way to resolve specific forecast details, and the GFS is all over the road in the medium range, so we won’t even try. But, I figure we will see the usual range of weather extremes in coming weeks. We have many cold snaps to go before you can put up those winter clothes, you know.
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