Fine Weekend – Storms Monday

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After a stormy Friday morning, it looks like Central Alabama is in for a fine weekend with mild temperatures. A bit nippy this morning in some locales as Gadsden and Fort Payne both dipped into the upper 20s. But with full sun today the afternoon highs should climb well into the 60s – even giving the old 70-degree mark a bit of a scare!

Cold front along the Gulf Coast today will migrate back northward later today and overnight bringing temperatures well into the 70s on Sunday. While there might be an outside chance at a few sprinkles, I really expect us to remain dry Sunday as we watch the big trough over the West Coast begin its trek eastward.

That trough will weaken as it moves across the Mississippi River Valley on Monday, but even as it does it will be responsible for generating conditions favorable for severe weather. The SPC has outlined a large area for Monday, Day 3, for a slight risk of severe weather stretching from Jackson, MS, across the northern half of Alabama and all the way northeastward to the Mid-Atlantic states. Current thinking suggests a squall line with damaging wind being the main severe weather threat. However, there is also some evidence that we might see embedded supercells with the potential for isolated tornadoes. Details will be in the mesoscale, so we’ll be watching the development of this system as it gets closer to us. One interesting note is that it does appear this could be a daytime severe weather event unlike the last one coming in the early morning hours.

Rain fall amounts are expected to be around a half inch with some spots getting up to 1 inch in the stronger storms. Rainfall somewhat limited due to the fast moving nature of the system.

The trough zips along and weakens as weak ridging replaces it providing us with mild weather for much of the upcoming week after we get by the storms on Monday. The ridging sticks with us through Friday until another short wave trough brings us the potential for another round of rain and storms on Saturday. Watch the video to see how winter is not over just yet with a fairly significant cold surge behind that next system.

Peeking out into voodoo country and the whole weather pattern remains active and fast across North America. Timing, of course, could be off a bit when you look that far in advance but it does look like another weather system around the 10th.

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Thanks for staying tuned to the Weather Xtreme Video. I expect to have the next one posted by 8 am or so on Sunday morning. Enjoy the beautiful day. My truck needs a good washing, so perhaps I’ll get out the hose and tackle that job later today! Enjoy and Godspeed.

-Brian-

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