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Dry Through Tomorrow; Snow Showers Saturday

| February 27, 2013 @ 5:54 am

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PARTIAL CLEARING: A large upper low is near the Great Lakes this morning, and drier air is moving into Alabama. This should set up a decent day today with a partly sunny sky and a high in the the mid to upper 50s.

A cooling trend sets in tomorrow and Friday; expect a mix of sun and clouds both days. The high tomorrow will be near 50, and a good chance we won’t get out of the 40s Friday afternoon. A strong upper trough will bring the risk of some light snow, or snow showers Friday night as the weekend begins.

WINTRY, BLUSTERY WEEKEND: It sure won’t feel like spring during the first weekend of March. Saturday will be windy and cold; the high will be in the low 40s, and a deep, cold core upper through passing overhead will squeeze out snow flurries and snow showers. This will be similar to February 16; during that event a few spots over Northeast Alabama actually saw about one-half inch on grassy areas.

Generally speaking, accumulation should be very light and spotty Saturday, but a few pockets could very well see a dusting to 1/2 inch on grass. Temperatures will be above freezing, so there won’t be any travel issues.

Won’t make much sense to ask if your neighborhood or county will see snow since the snow showers will tend to be random and scattered, like rain showers on a summer afternoon. No way anyone knows now where the showers will form, but I do think a few flurries are possible down into South Alabama.

We will go below freezing late Saturday night, so a touch of “black ice” is not out of the question, but dewpoints will be low and any moisture on roads and bridges should evaporate very quickly.

The weather won’t be any warmer Sunday. In fact, it should be colder. We start the day Sunday well down in the 20s, and we will need to lower the forecast high a bit with the latest projected thickness values. Some places north of Birmingham probably won’t get out of the 30s, and an icy north wind will continue during the day.

HARD FREEZE EARLY MONDAY: The coldest morning should come early Monday with a clear sky and light wind. Looks like a low in the 18-22 degree range is likely; that will flirt with record lows for March 4. Birmingham’s record low that date is 17, set in 1943.

We warm back to near 50 degrees Monday afternoon with a sunny sky, and we reach the mid 50s Tuesday. A cold front will bring a chance of showers Tuesday night (amounts should be rather light with only limited moisture), and drier air returns Wednesday.

VOODOO LAND: The good news is that we don’t see any severe weather threat there through mid-March… simply because a cool, stable airmass remains in place. A decent rain event does show up on the 06Z GFS around March 10, but nothing severe most likely. See the Weather Xtreme Video for the maps, graphics, and details.

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