6:15 AM | *****Severe weather threat comes in two time frames...late tonight into mid-morning on Saturday...mid-day Saturday into Saturday evening*****

6-Day forecast for the Huntsville, Alabama metro region

Today

Becoming partly sunny, warm, quite breezy, highs in the mid-to-upper 70’s; S-SW winds around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, chance of showers in the evening, showers and thunderstorms likely late tonight and some of the storms can be severe, lows in the lower 60’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, showers and thunderstorms and some of the storms can be severe, lower 70’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, showers and thunderstorms and some of the storms can be severe, lower 50’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, breezy, a bit cooler, lower 60’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, mild, lower 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, warmer, low-to-mid 70’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, warm, near 75 degrees

Discussion

A powerful low pressure system will form in the central Plains on Friday and take a northeastward track towards the western Great Lakes region. There will be strong support in the upper-atmosphere for this system and a second strong upper-level low will slide eastward across the southern states on Saturday morning and then turn northeast to the Tennessee Valley. This southern system will combine with multiple jet streaks to help destabilize the atmosphere here from late tonight through tomorrow evening.  As a result, showers and thunderstorms are likely here from late tonight into Saturday night and some of the thunderstorms can reach severe levels with damaging wind gusts and strong tornadoes on the table. The greatest chance for severe weather may be in two different time frames…one being late tonight between 1 and 7am and the second from mid-day Saturday to late evening Saturday...stay tuned to all local warnings.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather