Get prepared for some bitterly cold weather this week. This from the National Weather Service in Huntsville... WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING, WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TUESDAY MORNING RAIN WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY ON MONDAY MORNING BRINGING COLD ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET BY 3 AM ON MONDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND THEN AFTER 6 AM FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES IN THE AREA. AS THE COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN THIS RAIN SLEET MIX WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO GUSTY WINDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY FOR A FEW HOURS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOW 20S WITH DAYTIME HIGHS ON TUESDAY ONLY REACHING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AREA WIDE. THIS COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND BELOW 0 DEGREES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY WILL ONLY WARM INTO THE LOWER 20S. - JP
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:44:35 +0000
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