Freezing start Thursday, Feeling like the 20s

JAIL. LAST NIGHT INTO THIS MORNING, IT WAS ROUGH AROUND HERE. THIS IS SOME OF THE WORST WIND I’VE EVER HEARD UP HERE ON RED MOUNTAIN. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE DONE TO OUR BUILDING HERE AT WVTM 13. PEAK GUST AT BIRMINGHAM WAS 55, AND IT IS STILL GOING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IT IS. WE STILL HAVE A WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 P.M., AND WE’RE STILL WATCHING A COUPLE OF FOLKS WITHOUT POWER. WE’RE DOWN NOW TO ABOUT 12,000 WITHOUT POWER. SO IMPROVEMENT. BUT FOR SOME FOLKS, IT’S BEEN A WINDY DAY. IT’S BEEN HARD FOR THOSE CREWS TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THAT POWER BACK ON. SO LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT OUR WIND ADVISORY LASTING THROUGH 6 P.M. WIND GUSTS 30 TO 40MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, WE’RE GOING TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT, THOUGH OVERNIGHT. WE’LL STILL BE WATCHING FOR ANY OF THOSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES, THOUGH, TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS IS WHAT OUR WINDS LOOK LIKE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 9 P.M., GUSTING ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30MPH. THAT IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA, THOUGH IT’S STILL GOING TO REMAIN BREEZY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW. YOU CAN SEE THOSE WIND GUSTS OVER 20. AND SO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WAY IT FEELS WHEN YOU’RE HEADED OUT THE DOOR. THIS IS WHAT THE THERMOMETER IS GOING TO SHOW YOU. WE’VE GOT 20S AND 30S IN THE FORECAST. SO BE PREPARED. IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY AS YOU’RE HEADED OUT THE DOOR. THAT’S NOT THE FULL STORY, THOUGH, WITH WINDS STILL GUSTING OVER 20MPH. 6 A.M. AS YOU ARE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP, IT IS GOING TO FEEL MORE LIKE THE 20S. A VERY, VERY COLD START TO THE MORNING. BUT BY THE AFTERNOON WE WILL WARM INTO THE 50S UNDER SUNSHINE. WE DO HAVE SOME WEATHER CHANGES ON THE WAY THOUGH, AND FOR THAT WE’RE GOING TO BRING IN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JASON SIMPSON FOR THE LATEST, AT LEAST THE 50S. TOMORROW. WE’RE BACK IN THE SUN. ON FRIDAY. WE GET BACK IN THE 60S, BUT THEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BRINGS A SOMEWHAT INTERESTING STORM SYSTEM TO US. AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SPEED SCENARIO. NUMBER ONE, IT’S A FASTER MOVING SYSTEM. AND WHAT WE’RE WATCHING IS THAT LITTLE CIRCLE RIGHT THERE. IT’S ABOUT 15,000FT ABOVE THE GROUND, BUT BENEATH IT THAT SNOW OVER NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. AND AS IT STARTS TO MOVE TOWARD ALABAMA, THERE’S STILL A CIRCLE THERE THAT’S AN UPPER AIR LOW. IT’S CLOSED OFF SOMEWHAT OVER HERE IN ARKANSAS. AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME SNOW COULD DEVELOP UNDERNEATH THAT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR FORECAST MODEL PULLS IT EASTWARD FAIRLY QUICKLY. AND AS IT COMES BY, IT WILL CREATE SOME RAIN. BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO DRY OUT FAIRLY RAPIDLY AS IT PASSES BY ON MONDAY. BASED ON THAT SOLUTION. WELL, THERE’S ANOTHER SCENARIO THAT’S A STRONGER AND SLOWER UPPER LOW THAT’S OUT THERE TO THE WEST OVER NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA AND TEXAS. AND LOOK HOW MUCH MORE SNOW IS FALLING UNDERNEATH THAT THING. AND IT KEEPS GOING OUT OVER OKLAHOMA. THEN IT DRIES OUT AGAIN JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE DID. BUT BY 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING, IT’S FARTHER WEST. IT’S A LITTLE DEEPER THEN AS IT MOVES TOWARD US, THERE IS A CHANCE UNDER THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO WHERE YOU’VE GOT THIS UPPER LOW BACK IN MISSISSIPPI, THAT THERE COULD BE A FEW SNOWFLAKES MIXED IN WITH THE RAIN. I DON’T THINK WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ACCUMULATIONS, BUT IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE ODDITIES THAT CAN HAPPEN THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH A VERY DEEP UPPER AIR STORM SYSTEM. SO IF IT’S SLOWER AND STRONGER, A LITTLE MORE LIKELY THAT WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOWFLAKES WITH IT OF CERTAINTY WE’RE GETTING SOME RAIN AND IT’S GOING TO BE MORE RAIN THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WOULD BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-20. YOU LOOK AT TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, JEFFERSON COUNTY, SAINT CLAIR, CALHOUN, CLEBURNE, SOUTH OF THERE, CLOSER TO AN INCH OF RAIN THROUGH SHELBY AND CHILTON AND COOSA TALLADEGA CLAY OVER TO RANDOLPH COUNTY, EVEN DOWN TOWARD AUBURN AND MONTGOMERY. MUCH, MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH. BEYOND THAT WEEKEND SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO KEEP US PRETTY CHILLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE IT’S BREEZY, IT’S COOL. TEMPERATURES ARE HOLDING IN THE 50S AND MAYBE EVEN FALLING A BIT INTO THE AFTERNOON. YOU SEE OUR FORECAST MODEL HERE NOT GENERATING MUCH SNOW, AND THAT’S WHY I DON’T THINK IT’S A BIG DEAL. BUT I DO THINK THERE’S THAT CHANCE WE COULD SEE A MIX IN, EVEN IF IT DOES SNOW AND EVEN IF IT DID DUST THE GROUND MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WE’RE WORKING INTO SOME PRETTY GOOD LOOKING WEATHER THERE TOWARD THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. IN FACT, WE LOOK WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR THE NEXT 6 TO 10 DAYS. SO TOWARD THE END OF OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST AND BEYOND, HIGHS WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE 70S. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 5 TO 10, MAYBE 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES. NOW, WITH THAT WARMTH, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE ANOTHER THREAT