Cooler Weather Ahead… Weekend Frost… Wednesday Forecast Update – 3:25pm #alwx

Good Wednesday afternoon! After a gloomy start to the day, with some rain and cloud cover, conditions are quickly becoming sunny this afternoon and evening. If you didn’t get rain with this event, it will be the middle of next week before our next decent rain chance arrives. Temperatures will fall quickly after sunset, with most areas in the lower to middle 40s after midnight. Expect skies to remain clear tonight and sunny on Thursday.

A general trough across the eastern US will allow cooler air to pump into Alabama from the north. Highs will struggle to reach 70 on Thursday and upper 60s to near 70 on Friday. A few clouds will pass through the area on Friday, as a strong cold front passes through. With limited moisture, I don’t expect any rain on Friday. Conditions will become breezy Friday night and on Saturday, with temperatures falling into the middle 30s Friday night. Highs will struggle to reach the upper 50s on Saturday, with middle 50s north of I-20. Skies will remain sunny through the weekend. As winds go calm Saturday night, and temperatures will fall into the lower 30s. Frost is likely across all of west and central Alabama, with the risk of a light freeze in spots north of I-20. The trough will progress east early next week, so temperatures will warm into the lower 70s.

Another storm system will approach Alabama by the middle of next week, with showers becoming possible.

Halloween night will be rather chilly, with temperatures in the 50s at sunset, 40s by 11pm and 30s after midnight. A breezy north wind will develop Friday night…

Don’t forget about the time change Sunday morning at 2am. Set your clock back 1 hour as we go back into standard time before going to bed Saturday night.

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