These warming shelters are opening across Central Alabama

WE ARE EXPECTING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. OUT AHEAD OF A PRETTY STRONG COLD FRONT THAT IS GOING TO USHER IN SOME MUCH COLDER WEATHER FOR THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THE WEEKEND. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TIMING. SO AGAIN, THERE’LL BE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. WE THINK MOST OF THOSE WILL COME THROUGH OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. HAMILTON, HACKLEBURG, DOUBLE SPRINGS, IN COLEMAN, HAYDEN OVER TOWARD SUMMIT AND SNEAD LIKELY BEFORE 8 A.M. IN THE MORNING. SO ROUGHLY FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT TO THROUGH ABOUT 8 A.M. AND THEN FROM SAMANTHA OVER TOWARD OAK GROVE, PLEASANT GROVE, BIRMINGHAM, OVER TOWARD ONEONTA TALLADEGA A LOT OF THOSE AREAS, WE’LL BE SEEING THEM MOVE THROUGH 3:00 AND AT THE VERY LATEST NOON, THAT’S 3 A.M. AND THEN MOST OF IT WILL BE SOUTH OF KIND OF THIS I-20 CORRIDOR AREA BY NOON AND THEN PUSHING THROUGH SOUTH ALABAMA AT THAT POINT. THERE IS A LOW END THREAT, A LIMITED RISK THAT WE COULD HAVE A DAMAGING WIND GUST OR TWO, MAYBE 1 OR 2 STORMS ARE ABLE TO BREACH, BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS, AND IF THINGS KIND OF ALIGN, A TORNADO CAN’T BE RULED OUT EITHER. BUT THAT DOES NOT LOOK TO BE A HUGE DEAL OR THE MAIN HAZARD, BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE STORM NOW THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, MAINLY DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. WE SHOULD BE DRY, BUT DURING THE EVENING SOME SHOWERS REALLY DO START TO DEVELOP AND THEN BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT OR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, WE’LL START TO REALLY WATCH AND KIND OF KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THESE STORMS. BUT YOU’LL NOTICE BY ABOUT 3:04 A.M., A COUPLE OF THOSE START TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AND SO WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THOSE THROUGH DAYBREAK AS THEY START TO SHIFT INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. AND YOU’LL NOTICE THIS FORECAST MODEL REALLY DOES KIND OF CLEAR THINGS PRETTY QUICKLY ON THANKSGIVING MORNING. SO HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST TOMORROW MORNING. SHOWERS AND STORMS LIKELY. COUPLE OF THOSE COULD HAVE SOME GUSTY WINDS. AND BY LUNCHTIME THOUGH I THINK MOST OF US ARE DRYING OUT. AND THEN TEMPERATURES GO THE WRONG WAY FOR THANKSGIVING DAY AS THEY WILL BE FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO WE’LL HIT OUR HIGH IN THE MORNING. AND THEN FOR SHOPPERS ON FRIDAY, IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY. HIGHS IN THE 40S FOR THE IRON BOWL ON SATURDAY. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE TAILGATING AROUND 11 A.M., IT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S. KICKOFF IN THE LOW 50S. TOWARD THE END OF THE GAME, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 40S. COUPLE OF COLD MORNINGS COMING UP IN THE 20S. BACK TO YOU. AL