Rain Arrives Later Today; Colder Air For The Weekend
RADAR CHECK: Most of Alabama is dry early this morning, but we note a band of rain and a few thunderstorms across the Mid-South, over West Tennessee down into the Mississippi Delta region. This rain is along a cold front, and it will push into Alabama later this morning. Most of the rain today will come from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m… amounts should be mostly 1/2 inch or less. Some thunder is certainly possible, if not likely, but no severe thunderstorms are expected today with the main dynamic support well to the north. The high this afternoon will be around 70 degrees.
Rain moves out of the state tonight, and the sky will clear as dry air moves back into the state. Tomorrow will be a sunny day with a high in the mid 60s, very close to seasonal averages for mid-November.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: A secondary surge of colder air arrives tomorrow night, and the weekend will feature sunny cool days and clear cold nights. The high Saturday will be in the 50-55 degree range, followed by mid 50s Sunday. Lows will be well down in the 30s, and many communities will see a freeze early Sunday morning with a low between 27 and 34 degrees.
NEXT WEEK: The first half of the week will be dry with mostly sunny days… the high Monday will be in the upper 50s, followed by 60s Tuesday and Wednesday. A cold front will bring rain back into the state by Thursday night and Friday morning… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
TROPICS: A storm-force non-tropical area of low pressure located about 900 miles east-northeast of Bermuda continues to produce a large area of showers that extend from the center northward along an associated frontal boundary. This system is moving northeastward, and it could still become a short-lived subtropical storm before it reaches cooler waters by this evening. By this weekend, the system is expected to be absorbed by a larger non-tropical low.
The rest of the Atlantic basin is quiet.
FOOTBALL WEATHER: For the high school playoff games Friday night, the sky will be clear with temperatures mostly in the 40s.
For the college games Saturday…
NEW MEXICO STATE AT ALABAMA (11:00a CT kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium): Expect a sunny sky with temperatures rising from near 48 at kickoff, into the mid 50s by the second half.
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT AUBURN (11:00a CT kickoff at Jordan-hare Stadium): With a sunny sky, temperatures will rise from 50 degrees at kickoff, to near 56 by the final whistle.
SAMFORD AT FLORIDA (11a CT kickoff at Gainesville, FL): The sky will be partly sunny, and a brief shower is possible during the game, especially during the second half. Temperatures will be in the low 70s.
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AT WEST ALABAMA (1:00p CT kickoff at Tiger Stadium): The sky will be sunny with temperatures in the 50s during the game.
BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN AT MILLSAPS COLLEGE (1:00p CT kickoff at Jackson, MS): A sunny day for the game with temperatures in the 50s.
SOUTH ALABAMA AT APPALACHIAN STATE (1:30p CT kickoff at Boone, NC): Cold and dry weather. Despite a sunny sky, temperatures will be only in the low to mid 40s.
KENNESAW STATE AT NORTH ALABAMA (2:00p CT kickoff at Tom Braly Stadium): With a clear sky temperatures will drop from near 52 at kickoff into the 40s by the fourth quarter.
UAB AT MARSHALL (2:30p CT kickoff at Huntington, WV): The weather will be dry and cold… a clear sky with temperatures in the 40s.
LOUISIANA AT TROY (2:30p CT kickoff at Veterans Memorial Stadium): The day will be cool and dry; with a clear sky temperatures will fall from 58 degrees at kickoff to near 50 by the fourth quarter.
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT LAMAR (4:00p CT kickoff at Beaumont, TX): The sky will be clear with temperatures falling from near 65 at kickoff into the 50s by the second half.
ON THIS DATE IN 1911: A powerful cold front, known as the Great Blue Norther of 1911, produced some of the most extreme temperature changes to the nation’s midsection. In association with this front some cities set both a record high and a record low in the same day. Temperature plunges that have never been recorded before or since shocked the people who were in the cold blast’s path.
Ahead of the cold front, a warm and moist environment caused a severe weather outbreak with several strong tornadoes reported in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. An estimated F4 tornado occurred from Janesville to Milton, Wisconsin, and caused extensive damage to several farms and killed nine people. The citizens of Janesville, Wisconsin, reported blizzard conditions with a temperature near zero within an hour of the tornado.
ON THIS DATE IN 1940: An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks resulting in 59 deaths. Up to seventeen inches of snow fell in Iowa, and at Duluth MN, the barometric pressure reached 28.66 inches. The blizzard claimed a total of 154 lives and killed thousands of cattle in Iowa. Huge snowdrifts isolated whole towns.
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