One Down – More To Go

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One trough is passing this morning, but the wave train stretches out there with more systems to go. Best to just try to take them one at a time. So it’s one down and two coming in quick succession on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the meantime, it will be windy and raw today as temperatures struggle to stay in the 40s with strong cold air advection underway. Nearly any temperature map this morning makes the front easy to locate with a strong gradient in temperature across the front. The surface low now over the Great Lakes is responsible for wind advisories across a huge section of the eastern half of the country this morning. And the Mid-Atlantic states into the Eastern Great Lakes area will be under the gun for a risk of severe weather.

For Central Alabama, the significant rain is over though a few sprinkles are possible for the remainder of the morning. I expect to see some breaks in the clouds this afternoon. And it will be pretty chilly tomorrow morning as temperatures drop into the upper 20s for lows on Christmas eve.

Another fast moving short wave will rush across the Southeast Monday evening and early Tuesday. It appears that this system, while strong, will be starved for moisture. So clouds will be the main feature with the possibility of some patchy drizzle, but I’m not expecting any serious rain. And what little rain may occur should be gone by late Christmas morning.

Another short wave follows quickly on the heels of that one, and it looks like it will be a replay with little moisture for the system to act on. This should mean clouds but little in the way of rain – just some sprinkles or patches of drizzle. Temperatures remain typical for late December.

Yet another wave drops into the Rockies and comes out to the northeast on Friday. This one should be able to tap added moisture, so it should be the next rainmaker for us. And as the upper flow goes southwesterly, there won’t be a big push to get this system through our area, so it should provide us with at least some chances for rain into Saturday.

In the longer term, referred to as voodoo country, the GFS continues to be progressive with a series of weather systems. However, the latest run continued the trend of shifting the strong westerlies a bit further north with more of a zonal flow across the southern tier of the US. But with an active pattern, we should still see some rain chances about every third day. Unfortunately none of those rain chances seem to have the potential for any serious rain amounts.

I’ll be filling in for James on the Weather Xtreme Videos this coming week. We’ll be on a one-a-day schedule. Since I’m also filling in for Jason on Good Morning Alabama, I expect to have the Weather Xtremes posted around 10 am or so. I hope you have a great Sunday. God bless.

-Brian-

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