Unsettled Weather Through Thursday

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Thanks to a combination of clouds and an easterly air flow at the surface, temperatures stayed above freezing overnight. Some light rain was occurring across the northwest quadrant of Alabama, however, a dry layer near the surface was keeping some of the precipitation from reaching the ground. We should remain cloudy today with the primary shot of precipitation coming this evening and into the first half of Monday. Even with the clouds, temperatures should reach the 48 to 52 range across Central Alabama, just about typical for early January.

The weather will remain unsettled with clouds and chance for rain through Wednesday. The next short wave approaches us on Wednesday once again bringing a chance for rain and showers to the area through about midday on Thursday. This system is coming in on the latest computer model runs a bit further south, so rain chances for Central Alabama will be less than chances across South Alabama. With a somewhat zonal flow across the Southeast US, we should see temperatures that will be about typical for this time of year with lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s.

Once the major trough goes by on Thursday, we will see a minor cool down for Saturday morning, but with the upper flow going nearly zonal, we should not see any major swings in our temperatures. The surface high will move east of us net Sunday which once again opens up the Gulf for another round of precipitation as we verge into voodoo country for Monday or Tuesday.

The next round of precipitation comes our way for the start of Week 2, or voodoo country. The upper air pattern takes on another distinctly cold look for the 24th of January but the fast flow means the cool down does not last very long with ridging developing around the 26th ahead of another short wave coming out of the southern Rockies. So no lack of weather systems to keep the weather office busy.

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-Brian-

Category: Alabama's Weather