Temperatures are cooling pretty well at the 10 o’clock hour over North and Central Alabama with temperatures in the mid 30′s in the northwest to the mid 40′s across central sections.  Further south….upper 40′s and lower 50′s are common in the Mobile/Dothan areas.  Freezing temperatures are expected from about Montgomery northward tonight with a very light freeze expected.

Our next big weather maker gets going later tomorrow into Wednesday across the southern plains where winter storm watches have been required for the Amarillo, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa metro areas.  Significant ice and snow accumulations are expected as a surface low develops across South Central Texas and tracks eastward through the Lower Mississippi Valley region.  This will increase our chances at rain and some thunderstorms on Thursday/Friday.

Currently….the highest chances of any wintery precipitation would come on Friday and would be in the extreme northern sections of the state.  Areas like the Shoals and Monte Sano could experience some ice or snow toward the end of the event, but it doesn’t look like it will be a big deal.  Temperatures will plummet into the 30′s on Friday behind the front and remain that way through the weekend.  A pretty hard freeze is likely on Sunday morning as the winds will begin to die down and we will radiate out.

Stay tuned for more information as we are looking into heading toward Tennessee for this event to do some field work.  Again, for Alabama this currently looks like an all rain event.