All Is Quiet; Temps Stay Below Average

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DRY AIR means no rain this week. A reinforcing shot of cold air arrives tomorrow; that should push the low down into the 20s by daybreak Wednesday. The NAM is printing 24 for Birmingham, while the GFS is warmer with 30. Numbers will be all over the board, of course, due to terrain, but we figure the range Wednesday will be from 18 in the coldest valleys to 35 on the ridgetops.

We figure the high will rise back to near 60 by Thursday and Friday, but mornings will stay cold, with readings near or just above freezing.

WEEKEND PEEK: The 06Z GFS shows a strong vort max moving across Alabama late Friday night into Saturday, but no moisture means little if any chance of rain. It will simply serve to bring yet another shot of cool, dry air by Sunday. We do note that a few runs of the GFS have shown enough moisture for a few light showers with this feature, we will keep an eye on it.

INTO THE LAND OF VOODOO: Really the next big weather event doesn’t show up until Saturday November 29 (the Saturday after Thanksgiving), with a sharp, long wave trough to the west producing a big rain/storm event here in our state, followed by a sharp change to colder weather on the following day. But, we all know that voodoo is just that.

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