Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Colder Air is Headed Our Way


A strong cold front will bring another blast of Arctic Air our way Thursday. Hello, I'm Meteorologist Lauren Whisenhunt.

The cold front that moved through our area yesterday washed out just to the south of us. Therefore, we are left with plenty of low level moisture which has allowed the low clouds to hang around, as well as patchy areas of fog and drizzle to develop this morning. We will continue to see cloudy skies throughout the day today with patchy areas of fog until around 9am. Visibilities may be reduced to less than 1 mile across some locations. For the rest of today, expect mostly cloudy skies and daytime highs in the upper 40's to near 50 degrees. Late this afternoon into the evening hours, a disturbance will move NE out of TX today and bring us a slight chance for showers later today mainly south of I-20/59.

Late tonight into tomorrow morning, another strong cold front will move through Alabama bringing with it a blast of Arctic air that will invade the Deep South. This Arctic cold front will cause temperatures to tumble through the overnight hours tonight. Lows will be in the upper 20's to around 30 degrees. Highs on Thursday will struggle to reach near 40 degrees despite plenty of sunshine with partly cloudy skies. Additionally, brisk northwest winds 10-20 mph, with higher gusts, will make it feel even colder with the wind chill factor. Bundle up!

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