Temperatures get much colder from weekend to Sunday
LET’S START WITH THE SKY CAMERA NETWORK. WE HAVE SOME COOL PICTURES FOR YOU THIS MORNING. THIS IS OUR ALABAMA KIDS CAMERA OVERLOOKING RAILROAD PARK. THERE IS AREA BUILDING WHICH HAS CHRISTMAS WREATH AND CHRISTMAS TREE. TUSCALOOSA TOWER APARTMENTS CAMERA LIGHTS AT THIS TIME WHICH ARE ON NEAR THE INDIGO HOTEL AND UNDER THE NORTHPORT BRIDGE NEAR THE TUSCALOOSA AMPHITHEATER IN THE BLACK WARRIOR RIVER. VISIBILITY IS GOOD THIS MORNING. THERE IS A DECENT AMOUNT OF CLOUD, HOWEVER OUTSIDE NOT SEE ANYTHING UNDER THE CLOUD COVER OTHER THAN A FEW SPOTTED SHOWERS. APPROACHING THE PORTIONS. I WOULD SAY MAYBE ENTERING CLARK COUNTY, PROBABLY SELMA AND MONTGOMERY. A FEW SHOWERS ALSO. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE QUARANTINES, SO NOT TALKING ABOUT NOTHING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, JUST WATERING RIGHT NOW. 44 DEGREES ARE THE CURRENT TEMPERATURES. IN FACT, THE CHANCE OF RAIN IS QUITE LOW AND THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE THIS 20% CHANCE IS THAT IT IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT REMAINS DRAPED JUST TO THE SOUTH. AND ANY KIND OF WEATHER DISTURBANCE THAT IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT IS NEARBY A BODY OF WATER SUCH AS THE GULF OF MEXICO, IT IS SUPPLIED AS HUMIDITY. NO MATTER, MONDAY, TUESDAY, SAME SITUATION. WE HAVE RAIN, BUT AS WE GO FORWARD TO THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, THE WINTER SOLSTICE. AND OVER THE NEXT WEEK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE IN TEENS AS WEAK TEENS IN SOME AREAS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL DEFINITELY BE IN STRUGGLE BY THE END OF THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. SO AND THIS WILL ALSO BE CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS. MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 27 DEGREES SUNDAY MORNING, 28 MONDAY MORNING. AND AROUND 37 DEGREES TUESDAY. SO YOU NOTICE TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSE TO OUR AVERAGE BUT THAT IS DUE TO SOME CHANCES OF RAIN AND SOME CHANGES IN THE FORECAST TODAY. WE WILL HAVE MORE SUN BY ABOUT 1:00 PM BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM. WE WILL HAVE THIS SUN. IT WILL STAY DRY AROUND 41 DEGREES. AT 7 PM IT DOESN’T FREEZE UNTIL ABOUT 9 OR 10 PM SO LET’S TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST THAN COLDER WEATHER THAN WE EXPECT ON SUNDAY. ON THE HOURLY PLAN, WE ARE TALKING OF TEMPERATURES AT NOON AT ABOUT 43 DEGREES AND 46 DEGREES. BUT YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE BY FOUR. ALSO THESE TEMPERATURES WE PLACE AN IMPACT SYMBOL USUALLY WE USUALLY USE THE IMPACT SYMBOL TO SIGNIFY THUNDERSTORMS BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FREEZING COLD, 16 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 12, MAYBE EVEN IN SOME SECTIONS WHICH IS THE WIND CHILL FACTOR, EVEN IN COLDER SINGLE FIGURES IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY MORNING, EIGHT TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD N
Temperatures get much colder from weekend to Sunday
Updated: 7:09 a.m. CST December 17, 2022
Temperatures will be near zero early Saturday morning and it will be even colder for the next two nights this weekend. The arctic cold outbreak is coming at the end of next week, temperatures get much colder on the weekends through Sunday. Check the video forecast for the latest. MUCH COLDER Clouds are increasing this evening with the passage of a weak disturbance. There won’t be much moisture to work with, so the forecast looks mostly dry through Saturday morning. That being said, some watering will certainly be possible. Nighttime low temperatures will range from the upper 30s south of I-20 to near zero for northern Alabama. After a cloudy start to Saturday, some sun seems to be returning for the afternoon. Even so, it will stay fresh all day. High temperatures will only climb into the upper 40s. Similar weather, with more sunshine, is expected on Sunday afternoon. Lows drop into the 20s on Saturday and Sunday night. SEVEN DAY FORECAST The near term cold weather is just the beginning. We expect below average temperatures most of next week; this means highs in the 40s/50s and lows in the 30s. A weak storm system moving in from the west brings clouds and perhaps showers to our forecast Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Rainfall amounts appear light. Beyond that, incredibly cold air is poised to move south into the Lower 48, and central Alabama could be in line for one of the five coldest Christmas days. never recorded. This list looks like this right now: (1) 1983 – high 18, low 2(2) 1985 – high 29, low 13(3) 1924 – high 31, low 22(4) 1989 – 35 high, 24 low(5) ) 1980 – 35 high, 20 low We fall to adolescence (at least) Thursday night! Many communities will never go above freezing on Friday afternoon. This terribly cold weather lasts throughout the Christmas weekend. Now the big question is whether there will be snow. The short answer: too soon to really know. Models are split on whether enough moisture is available and whether a favorable storm track could bring white stuff late Thursday evening. Stay tuned!—STAY UPDATED WITH THE WEATHERGet the free WVTM 13 app and turn on alerts for the latest weather updates. For the latest Birmingham weather information and the most accurate certified forecast from the center of the Alabama, watch WVTM 13 News. 10 Day Forecast Interactive Radar Birmingham Skycams Live Doppler Radar Sign up for weather email alerts Download the WVTM 13 app Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Temperatures will be near zero early Saturday morning and it will be even colder for the next two nights this weekend. The arctic cold outbreak is coming at the end of next week, temperatures get much colder on the weekends through Sunday. Check the video forecast for the latest.
MUCH COOLER
Clouds are rising this evening as a weak disturbance passes. There won’t be much moisture to work with, so the forecast looks mostly dry through Saturday morning. That being said, some watering will certainly be possible. Nighttime low temperatures will range from the upper 30s south of I-20 to near freezing for northern Alabama.
After a cloudy start to Saturday, some sun seems to be returning for the afternoon. Even so, it will stay fresh all day. High temperatures will only climb into the upper 40s. Similar weather, with more sunshine, is expected on Sunday afternoon. Lows drop into the 20s on Saturday and Sunday nights.
SEVEN-DAY FORECAST
Short-term cold weather is just the beginning. We expect below average temperatures most of next week; this means highs in the 40s/50s and lows in the 30s. A weak storm system moving in from the west brings clouds and perhaps showers to our forecast Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Rainfall amounts appear light.
Beyond that, incredibly cold air is poised to move south into the Lower 48, and central Alabama could be in line for one of the five coldest Christmas days. never recorded.
That list looks like this right now:
- (1) 1983 – maximum of 18, minimum of 2
- (2) 1985 – high of 29, low of 13
- (3) 1924 – max 31, min 22
- (4) 1989 – max 35, min 24
- (5) 1980 – max 35, min 20
We fall into adolescence (at least) Thursday night! Many communities will never go above freezing on Friday afternoon. This terribly cold weather persists throughout the Christmas weekend.
Now the big question is whether there will be snow. The short answer: too soon to really know. Models are split on whether enough moisture is available and whether a favorable storm track could bring white stuff late Thursday evening. Stay tuned!
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