Thursday, April 10, 2008

POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON FRIDAY




THURSDAY...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM...ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.IN ADDITION...SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE. BY NOON...WINDS SHOULD BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 13 AND17 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 22 AND 27 MPH. THE STRONGEST WILDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AREAS AND SHOULD SUBSIDE A BITAFTER SUNSET AREA WIDE. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-65.


ON FRIDAY...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. A WEAKENING PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE WILL APPROACH NORTHWEST ALABAMA NEAR SUNRISE FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO REFORM AND STRENGTHEN AS THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE. THESE STORMS COULD CARRY WITH THEM THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. EXACT TIMING AND INTENSITY ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.


BEHIND STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH ON FRIDAY...STRONG NORTHERLY FLOWIS EXPECTED. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 12 AND 18 MPH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH. LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY...COLD TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTION OF NORTHERN ALABAMA. SOME LOCATIONS MAY FALL TO NEAR...OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING.

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