Monday, October 15, 2007

Rain Chances this Week

A frontal system will bring us an increase chance for rain this week. Hello, I'm meteorologist, Lauren Whisenhunt.

The high pressure system that has kept us dry the past week will move eastward, allowing moisture to gradually return to Alabama with warm, southeasterly winds. Expect partly cloudy skies on Monday with temperatures in the mid 80's. Tuesday and Wednesday we have a slight chance for showers and possibly even a thunderstorm due to an approaching frontal system to our west. Otherwise, expect partly cloudy skies and highs around 84. At this time, it does look as though the system will begin to weaken somewhat as it approaches Alabama, unfortunately! We could definitely use the rain it has been dumping in parts of the Great Plains today. Another storm system gets cranked up in the pacific northwest which will drop another cold front into central Alabama by the end of the week. This system will bring us a little better rain chances with it on Thursday and Friday. However, the forecast remains very tricky. Both the GFS and NAM forecast models are turning up with very different solutions as far as our rain chances this week. The GFS is significantly wetter than the NAM so there is some major disagreement. The models have been flip flopping the past few model runs, but I'm hopeful that we will see some beneficial rain towards the end of our work week. Stay with CBS 42 and we'll keep you updated!

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