The main weather story today will be the wind with gusts possible of 40 mph making it feel much colder than the actual air temperatures. In fact, wind chill levels can drop to below-zero at times of the highest wind gusts...not a day to stay outside for long stretches. The powerful NW winds are being generated by a tight pressure gradient between strong low pressure over Nova Scotia and high pressure building across the middle of the nation.
Elsewhere, low pressure will get organized later today over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cold air has penetrated deep into the southern states and this combination will lead to significant snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas during the next couple of days. That same low pressure will head northeast and likely reach the coastal waters of the southern Mid-Atlantic by mid-day Saturday. It will be a relatively weak system for us likely producing a light snow event from late Friday night into early Saturday on the order of a coating to a couple of inches. High pressure and more cold air returns to the region for the early part of next week.
A bit of good news to wrap up…spring training is only 33 days away.
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The main weather story today will be the wind with gusts possible of 45 mph making it feel much colder than the actual air temperatures. In fact, wind chill levels can drop to below-zero at times of the highest wind gusts...not a day to stay outside for long stretches. The powerful NW winds are being generated by a tight pressure gradient between strong low pressure over Nova Scotia and high pressure building across the middle of the nation.
Elsewhere, low pressure will get organized later today over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cold air has penetrated deep into the southern states and this combination will lead to significant snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas during the next couple of days. That same low pressure will head northeast and likely reach the coastal waters of the southern Mid-Atlantic by mid-day Saturday. It will be a relatively weak system for us likely producing a light snow event from late Friday night into early Saturday on the order of a coating to a couple of inches. High pressure and more cold air returns to the region for the early part of next week.
A bit of good news to wrap up…spring training is only 33 days away.
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Very cold air has penetrated way down into the Gulf coastal region and it is going to set the stage for significant snow and ice across the southern US during the next 24 hours or so including right here in the Huntsville metro region. Low pressure will intensify over the Texas Gulf coast by early tonight and will head slowly to the east-to-northeast on Friday bringing snow here from later tonight into Friday and it can become mixed with sleet and/or freezing rain at times. The snow can be heavy at times for awhile by early morning and several inches of snow and ice accumulations are on the table (3-6 inches). This system will push to the east-northeast of here by Friday night ushering in a reinforcing cold air mass for the Tennessee Valley region for the upcoming weekend.
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This cold and active weather pattern will produce another storm system in the short-term and this one will have a major impact on the southern states from Texas to the Carolinas with significant snow and disruptive ice. Low pressure will organize over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico later today which is much farther to the south compared to the most recent storm system that originated over the central Plains. Cold air has penetrated all the way into the Deep South during the past couple of days setting the stage for this upcoming winter event.
This storm system will push to the northeast on Friday from the Deep South to the coastal waters of the southern Mid-Atlantic by mid-day on Saturday. The surface low will have little support in the upper atmosphere as a “positively-tilted” trough axis will be limited in its generation of upward motion. While snow is likely in the Mid-Atlantic region from late Friday night into early Saturday, it is likely to be an overall light event with accumulations probably limited to the range of a coating to a couple of inches.
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Winds will be a big factor for the next couple of days with Arctic high pressure in control to go along with the continuing below-normal temperatures. Gusts can exceed 30 mph today from a northwesterly direction and potentially reach 40 mph on Thursday. Low pressure will form over the Gulf of Mexico later tomorrow and produce a lot of snow and ice for the southern states from Texas-to-Georgia over the next couple of days. It will head northeast towards the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters by the early part of the weekend and could produce some snow around here from late Friday night into Saturday morning…looking like a light event for us.
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Winds will be a big factor for the next couple of days with Arctic high pressure in control to go along with the continuing below-normal temperatures. Gusts can exceed 30 mph today from a northwesterly direction and potentially reach 45 mph on Thursday. Low pressure will form over the Gulf of Mexico later tomorrow and produce a lot of snow and ice for the southern states from Texas-to-Georgia over the next couple of days. It will head northeast towards the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters by the early part of the weekend and could produce some snow around here from late Friday night into Saturday morning…looking like a light event for us.
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Our cold and unsettled pattern will continue for the next several days with additional chances of snow (mostly on the light side) on Thursday, this weekend, and even early next week. Winds will become a factor as well on a couple of occasions later this week and again this weekend.
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Winds will be a big factor for the next couple of days with Arctic high pressure in control to go along with the continuing below-normal temperatures. Gusts can exceed 30 mph today from a northwesterly direction and potentially reach 45 mph on Thursday. Low pressure will form over the Gulf of Mexico later tomorrow and produce a lot of snow and ice for the southern states from Texas-to-Georgia over the next couple of days. It will head northeast towards the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters by the early part of the weekend and could produce some snow around here from late Friday night into Saturday morning…looking like a light event for us.
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Very cold air has penetrated way down into the Deep South and it is going to set the stage for significant snow and ice across the southern US during the next couple of days. Low pressure is likely to form over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico later tomorrow and head slowly to the northeast bringing snow here from late tomorrow night through the morning hours on Friday. The snow can be heavy at times by Friday morning and it can mix with rain…several inches of snow accumulation are on the table (preliminary estimates of 3-6 inches). This system will push to the northeast of here by the early weekend ushering in a reinforcing cold air mass for the Tennessee Valley region.
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This cold and active weather pattern threatens to produce another storm system later this week that can have an impact from the Deep South to the eastern seaboard. Low pressure will organize over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico later this week...much farther to the south compared to the most recent storm system which originated over the central Plains. As such, there can be an impact in the Deep South and including the potential of accumulating snow from Dallas-to-Little Rock-to-Memphis and a swath of disruptive ice from Texas to the Carolinas.
After that, the low pressure system likely heads towards the eastern seaboard and the exact track will be critical as well as the timing of its intensification along the coast in determining how much impact there can be in the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US. A rapid intensification of the surface low along the Mid-Atlantic coastline could mean significant accumulating snow in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor from late Friday night into Saturday. However, if the system doesn’t intensify significantly until it passes to the north and east of the Mid-Atlantic region - the most likely scenario - then any snow would likely be on the light side.
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