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ROLLER COASTER RIDE: A warm front will push through Alabama tonight, and will bring the risk of a few showers, mainly in the 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. time frame (tonight and early tomorrow morning). Following the frontal passage, we think the sun breaks out a bit tomorrow afternoon, pushing the temperature to near 70 degrees. It will feel more like a day in March instead of January. But, not far away, a nasty ice storm will be in progress tomorrow. Scroll down for notes on the icing problems from J.B.
TURNING COLDER WEDNESDAY: The front to the north will move southward again Wednesday, and will bring periods of rain to Alabama along with falling temperatures. I do believe we will begin the day in the 50s at daybreak, then falling through the 40s, reaching the 30s by mid to late afternoon. There is still a narrow window where the rain could mix with a few snow flakes, but accumulation is not expected along the I-20/59 corridor.
To the north, however, some icy spots are possible on bridges across the Tennessee Valley Wednesday evening where surface temperatures should fall below 32. Some parts of extreme North Alabama could see a wintry mix of freezing rain and snow flakes before it all ends Wednesday night. We will keep a close eye on that situation, but for now it looks like most of the serious icing problems will stay to the north.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: These days will be cold and dry; the high Thursday should be in the upper 40s, but on Friday I doubt if we get out of the 30s with wind chill index values below freezing much of the day.
THE WEEKEND: The coldest morning should come early Saturday, with a low around 20 degrees, and teens for the valleys and colder spots around here. We will warm into the low 50s Saturday afternoon, with mid 50s likely on Sunday.
NEXT WEEK: Watch the Weather Xtreme video; the 12Z GFS shows an interesting setup by Monday of next week with a surface low in the Gulf, and cold air in place over North Alabama. This is still voodoo, and we won’t jump all over that solution since it is the first time we have seen it. Most likely, we will have some rain late Sunday night into Monday morning.
VOODOO LAND: The the NAO in transition, it will be very hard to make any specific calls once we get into February; every run looks different out there. I do figure it will be an active and interesting month.
STORM ALERT 2009: Our first stop on the annual severe weather awareness tour across Alabama is this Thursday night at Greene County High School in Eutaw. The show begins at 7:00… be sure and get there early for a good seat. This will be our first Storm Alert show in Greene County, and we are delighted to be there. We will post the rest of the schedule shortly.
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I enjoyed speaking to the Indian Village Women’s Club this morning at Valleydale Baptist Church… look for the next Weather Xtreme video by tomorrow at 7:00 a.m….
