Colder Weather on the Way

A cold front is moving through the state today and we are seeing a wide range in temperatures across the state with lower 40s in the Tennessee Valley, while locations across South Alabama are in the lower and mid-60s. For us in Central Alabama, most spots are in the 50s this afternoon. For the most part, we are seeing more sun than clouds, and overall the weather is not bad at all today. The cold front will continue to move though today and will deliver much colder weather the next several days.

A shortwave trough will move across the region tonight, and an area of low pressure along the Texas Coast this afternoon will move through the northern Gulf tonight. This system will allow thunderstorms over the middle to upper Texas coastal areas early this afternoon, with a risk for isolated hail. A greater risk for severe thunderstorms, including a couple of tornadoes and damaging winds, is expected across the central and southwest Florida peninsula late tonight as it moves east.

Through the evening and overnight, clouds will be increasing and we are going to see scattered showers across the state, however, the low levels of the atmosphere will be very dry and most of the precip that falls will likely evaporate before reaching the ground. We will likely see some light rain as far north as Central Alabama, and there could even be some snow flurries as far north as the Interstate 20 corridor, the rain will be more likely across South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Temperatures are forecast to stay above freezing, and soil temperatures are still warm, so no impacts from any snow that could fall, but it really looks like for Central Alabama, any precip that falls will be very light and should not amount to much.

It will be much colder tomorrow as our winds will be out of the north on the back side of the trough. It will be a day with clouds to start the day, with gradual clearing through the day, but highs tomorrow do not climb out of the 40s.

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