Cold with a Little Snow

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Old man winter has a pretty firm grip on the eastern half of the country today and he’s expected to maintain that hold through Sunday. The cold core upper low will be swinging across the northern half of Alabama today bringing with it some snow flurries and some snow showers. Snow amounts are not going to be significant, but it is possible that with any snow showers that develop that the ground could turn white with a dusting of snow. I do not expect to see any significant travel issues today. The NWS has a winter weather advisory for much of Central Alabama until noon today. And it will be cold with highs only in the lower 40s. Tonight as the strong northwesterly flow maintains the flow of cold air into the Southeast, look for lows to drop into the middle 20s with some of the typically colder spots getting down to near 20.

Sunshine should return on Sunday but it will remain cold with highs in the middle 40s. An upper ridge moves over us on Monday, and we warm up nicely with highs returning to near seasonal values as we break into the lower 60s. The next storm system is dives out of the North Central US into the Lower Mississippi River Valley on Monday night and into Tuesday bringing us another shot of rain. Rainfall amounts will be somewhat light due to limited moisture. No organized severe weather is expected, but we could see a few isolated thunderstorms as the surface low moves by on Tuesday. With a fairly fast flow, the rain should move out quickly Tuesday with sunshine back on Wednesday.

As the upper trough passes, we see cold air return once more as lows drop back to freezing on Wednesday morning. The high on Wednesday will be in the lower 50s, but as a strong ridge moves into the eastern US, we should see a steady warm up for Central Alabama with highs back into the 60s as we head into next weekend.

Looking into week 2, another deep trough with a closed low is forecast to move across the Lower Mississippi River Valley on March 11th brining a round of rain and storms with it. For the rest of voodoo country, the GFS is building a big ridge into the eastern US and keeping it in place. This will set up a southwesterly flow for us and could produce a wet period with a steady flow of Pacific moisture.

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I’m heading out to a Masquerade Ball this evening benefiting the Helena Belles scholarship fund. This is a first for me since I can’t recall ever going to a Masquerade Ball. I’ve even have a special mask made for me by my daughter. Enjoy this cold day and I hope everyone gets to see a little snow. Godspeed.

-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather