Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Outlook Update

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 4 PM...ROUGHLY ALONG AND EASTOF A LINE FROM GADSDEN...TO ALEXANDER CITY...TO TROY.

THESE STORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL CROSS INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AROUND NOON...AND EXIT THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BY 6 PM.

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUTTHE POSSIBILITY OF ANYTHING MORE THAN GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE EVEN LESS THAN EXPECTED EARLIER TODAY.

OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH 7 PM ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. AS THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY...AND EVENTUALLYNORTHWESTERLY LATE TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTERSUNSET.

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