Saturday Weather Xtreme — A Breezy Saturday; A Chilly Night Ahead

TODAY’S WEATHER: While it will be a beautiful and sunny day across the area, it will be quite breezy at times. Afternoon highs will make it up into the mid 60s to the lower 70s for most across Central Alabama.

A Wind Advisory goes into effect today at noon for Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, and Winston counties in Central Alabama as wind gusts may reach as high as 35 mph out of the west. It is set to expire at 6 pm tonight.

Tonight will get mighty chilly across the area, and NWS Huntsville has issued a Freeze Warning for DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, and Madison counties in North Alabama from 3am to 9 am Sunday morning as lows are expected to drop into the 28-32 degree range. A Frost Advisory is up for Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Marshall, and Morgan counties in North Alabama, and NWS Birmingham has included Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Marion, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, and Winston counties in Central Alabama for the same time period.

SUNDAY’S WEATHER: We’ll have a mix of sun and clouds on Sunday, and after the chilly start, we’ll have a nice warm-up with afternoon highs in the upper 50s to the lower 70s from north to south across the area.

NEXT WEEK: We’ll start warming up on Monday as ridging takes control of our weather pattern. We’ll have mostly sunny skies, with highs in the upper 60s to the upper 70s. Much warmer temperatures can be expected on Tuesday as quiet weather continues across the area. Highs in the upper 70s to the mid 80s.

On Wednesday, a system will move into the area during the afternoon hours that will bring rain and thunderstorms to the area, some of which may be strong to severe. The greater chance of the severe storms will be over the extreme western parts of the area, where a 15% risk of severe storms has been outlined by the SPC on their day five outlook. For now, it is too early to know the exact timing, threats, and magnitude, but we’ll have updates leading up to the event. Storms will push through the area during the overnight hours and will exit early on Thursday. Highs will be in the lower to mid 80s.

That system will be out of here late on Thursday morning, and we’ll have a good chance to dry out. Skies will become mostly sunny and highs will be in the upper 60s to the lower 80s across the area. Friday will feature sunny skies with highs in the upper 60s to the upper 70s.

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