Cold Weather Coming…Possible Snow

by Roger Murphy
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sleet rain snowTHE SHOALS/TENNESSEE VALLEY-From the U.S. National Weather Service.   Dangerous cold and snow warnings:

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DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK…

 

A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION IS UNFOLDING FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLUNGES THROUGH THE REGION. DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…AND THIS COULD BE THE COLDEST AIR TO AFFECT THE AREA IN TWO DECADES.

 

AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON SUNDAY…PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN. RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON…TRANSLATING TO AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 BY SUNDAY EVENING AS EXTREMELY COLD AIR POURS INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 65…WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY SEE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

 

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS MOISTURE FREEZES QUICKLY ON AREA ROADWAYS…ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ALSO DROP WIND CHILL VALUES TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING.

 

BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE TEENS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS…AND ONLY 8 TO 12 DEGREES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL STAY BELOW ZERO DUE TO THE BLUSTERY WINDS ON MONDAY. LOWS TUESDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MANY AREAS…WITH TEMPERATURES IN HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS POSSIBLY DIPPING BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUSLY LOW…FROM 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

 

THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB INTO THE 30S AND 40S WEDNESDAY…GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER. ANOTHER APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN BACK TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING ICE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER FORECAST UPDATES!

 

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