Very Changeable Weather This Week

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STORM ALERT 2009: Wow… time to kick off our annual severe weather awareness tour across Alabama. The show begins this Thursday night; we will be down in Eutaw at Greene County High School. The show begins at 7:00…. you will see some great Alabama weather stories, and learn how to take care of your family during the spring tornado season. As always, we will have some fun stuff to give away, and you can meet our weather team. This is the first time we have done a Storm Alert show in Greene County, and are are looking forward to it. We will have the entire schedule posted on the blog later this morning.

WARM, THEN COLD: This will be a very interesting week to watch the weather across the nation. Brutally cold air has moved down into the northern U.S.; I note Grand Forks, North Dakota is reporting 27 below zero as I write this. Yikes.

THE ALABAMA STORY: Today will feature a mostly cloudy sky and season temperatures with a high in the mid 50s. We might see a little light rain or a few showers late tonight, mainly after midnight, as a warm front pushes northward.

WARM DAY TOMORROW: Tomorrow won’t feel like winter around here with a high in the 66 to 71 degree range. But, oddly enough, just to the north a nasty ice storm will be unfolding from Oklahoma to Arkansas and northern Tennessee, up in the shallow cold air. Winter storm and ice storm warnings are up for much of this area; watch the Weather Xtreme video for the details and graphics. After the early morning showers, it looks like much of the day tomorrow will be dry, and we might even see a few decent intervals of sunshine.

TURNING COLD WEDNESDAY: The Arctic front will push into Alabama Wednesday. Periods of rain are likely late tomorrow night and Wednesday, and it sure looks like a day with falling temperatures. The high should come during the early morning hours, when we should be around 50. Then, we fall during the day, possibly reaching the 30s by late afternoon. The model output statistics won’t have a clue due to the shallow nature of the cold air.

Yep, there seems to be a narrow window Wednesday evening with snow flakes could mix with the rain before ending, but we don’t expect any travel issues related to wintry precipitation around here (the I-20/59 corridor). To the north, however, there could be icy spots on bridges across the Tennessee Valley where surface temperatures will drop below freezing. We will keep a close eye on this possibility….

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: Cold is the word… looks high highs in the 40s on Thursday, and 30s on Friday as the cold air deepens. Both of these days should be dry.

WEEKEND PEEK: We are expecting a hard freeze at daybreak Saturday with a low near 20 degrees, and teens for the colder valleys. We will warm into the low 50s Saturday, with mid 50s on Sunday. The GFS does show a band of rain showers moving through here late Sunday and Sunday night, followed by colder air early next week.

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I will be speaking this morning at Valleydale Baptist Church; I will be back in the office by early afternoon, and the next Weather Xtreme video will be posted by 3:30. Enjoy the day!

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