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Rain Today; Cold Tomorrow

| February 1, 2015 @ 7:34 am

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Grab the rain gear heading out the door this morning. The month of February will start off on a wet note for us in Central Alabama. Low pressure moving east will be the culprit behind widespread showers we are seeing currently moving into the the state. Rain is falling across West Alabama and it is pushing east. Through out the day, we will see periods of rain and we will likely hear a few rumbles of thunder. The rain will persist into the overnight hours. Highs this afternoon should once again be in the upper 50s.

The latest model output for rainfall amounts, we see much of Alabama will see rainfall totals up to one inch. There will likely be some places that pass the one inch mark and approach an inch and a half. For the most part, many of us will certainly see a nice soaking rain the the next 24 hours.

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Looking at the weather maps, it is hard not to notice all the winter storm watches and warning to the north. A wide swath of accumulating snow will extend from Nebraska to New England and this is were we are seeing these alerts. Just to the south of this area of snow, marginal temps will lead to the possibility of a transition zone of sleet and freezing rain. Cities that will be seeing the snow are Des Moines, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cleveland, New York, and Boston. Up to a foot of snow will be possible in these areas through Monday. Early this morning, we even see blizzard warning have been issued for the Chicago area.

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For the week ahead, tomorrow will be a very cold and it will be feeling very much like winter. It will be a cold day, with temps in the lower 40s. Winds will be briskly blowing from the northwest at 10-20 mph making it very chilly. The sky should be clearing, and we should see a mainly sunny afternoon. Then for Monday night, the winds will subside and we will see a bitterly cold overnight with many of us in the lower to mid-20s. Sun returns for Tuesday, but then we see rain chances increases for Wednesday and into Thursday. As the rain leaves Thursday another shot of cold air arrives for Friday. It will certainly be a roller coaster of temperatures this week.

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Macon, Georgia Television Chief Meteorologist, Birmingham native, and long time Contributor on AlabamaWX. Stormchaser. I did not choose Weather, it chose Me. College Football Fanatic. @Ryan_Stinnet

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