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Wintry Precip Overnight?

| December 7, 2013 @ 6:15 pm

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Temperatures are a little colder than expected tonight across Central Alabama. We had expected afternoon readings to get into the 40s, but readings have remained in the 30s over the northwestern half of the area.

The mercury is already near the freezing mark over the northwestern corner of the state, where it was 33F at Muscle Shoals at 5 p.m. It was just 37F at Birmingham. Readings over eastern Alabama are in the 40s, thankfully.

The colder than expected readings give us pause tonight that freezing precipitation could occur later tonight as moisture rides up and over the colder air over the northwestern part of the area.

Precipitation has been increasing all afternoon from northeastern Texas through Arkansas and northern Louisiana. As this precip moves into northwestern Alabama this evening, we will be watching to make sure that temperatures remain above freezing. The hope is that some warm air advection will push temperatures just above freezing after midnight across Northwest Alabama.

Be alert to the fact that some freezing precipitation is possible later tonight, especially over the northwestern corner of the state, but also in counties like Marion and Winston.

Further northwest, a winter weather advisory covers the northern quarter of Mississippi as well as much of western and Middle Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, northern Louisiana and northeastern Texas.

If you are traveling northwest tonight toward Memphis or Muscle Shoals, please stay apprised of the latest weather and road conditions. We will keep an eye on reports to our west and northwest throughout the evening.

Otherwise, precipitation will increase across the rest of Central and North Alabama overnight. It will continue as periods of rain tomorrow and Monday. Rainfall amounts will average 2-3 inches across Central Alabama by Tuesday morning.

Category: Alabama's Weather

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