The biggest cold front of the year so far will move through Alabama on Thursday. Temperatures will drop very quickly during the day, starting out near 70 at 7 am, drop to 55 by 10 am, then into the 40s during the afternoon. It will feel even colder, with northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. It will be about 25 degrees colder when you get home tomorrow evening than when you leave tomorrow morning, so dress appropriately!
Temperatures across the Southeast US show the strong cold front right now (1:45 pm CDT). It is near 70 across much of Alabama and Mississippi, but behind the cold front it is only in the 50s in central Arkansas, 40s in Fayetteville and Fort Smith, AR, then 30s in Oklahoma.
The cold front will tighten up overnight. Take a look at the computer model based temperature chart for tomorrow morning at 7 am. That is a huge temperature change over a short distance.
We may some light rain tomorrow, but it will likely move out in time for kids’ trick or treat activities. But it will be cold, so bundle them up! At 8 pm, expect 42 degrees with a wind chill in the 30s.
Early mornings this weekend we will get close to freezing, and many locations north of I-20 will get their first freeze of the year this weekend. There will probably be enough wind to prevent frost on Friday morning, but frost is possible Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Dr. Tim Coleman
Consulting Meteorologist
Coleman and Knupp, LLC
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