Following a strong cold frontal passage, northwest flow has ushered in a cooler air mass and we’ll stay below normal as we end the work week. The weekend and early part of next week will feature plenty of sunshine each day and we’ll warm back up to the 70’s for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Improvement is finally coming to the Tennessee Valley after an active period of weather. Following a strong cold frontal passage, overall northwest flow has developed and we’ll turn noticeably cooler for the rest of the week.
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The active pattern continues today with another strong upper-level wave of energy impacting the region and one band of showers and thunderstorms is now pushing northeastward well to the south and east of the immediate Huntsville area. This upper-level feature will combine with a strengthening low-level jet and likely bring us another round of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and some of those storms can be on the strong-to-severe side. Following a strong cold frontal passage, overall northwest flow will develop on Thursday and we’ll turn noticeably cooler for the rest of the week. The weekend is looking quite nice with a significant warming trend.
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The active pattern continues, but today we'll see a nice break in the action. However, another strong upper-level low will bring another round of showers and thunderstorms to the Tennessee Valley on Wednesday and some of the storms can be on the strong-to-severe side. Following a strong cold frontal passage, overall northwest flow will develop and we’ll turn noticeably cooler later in the week, but the weekend is looking quite nice.
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An on-going active weather pattern across the nation will bring yet another strong upper-level trough into the Tennessee Valley as we begin the new work week. Widespread showers and strong-to-severe thunderstorms impacted Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Sunday and Sunday night and the remains of this activity have now reached our region. There is the good chance for some of the rain to be heavy at times this morning and some of the storms to be on the strong-to-severe side across northern Alabama, but the overall timing of this event puts areas to our south and east of having a better chance at severe weather later in the day. Another threat for showers and thunderstorms will occur here on Wednesday and this can result in some severe thunderstorm activity.
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After yesterday’s active weather, today will be a more tranquil day across northern Alabama as high pressure builds in following a frontal passage. As a result, the end of the work week and both days of the weekend will turn out to be pretty decent days and quite warm for the beginning of April. By Sunday, however, a deep trough will be exiting the southwest US and it will approach this area by late Sunday night and Monday. This upper-level feature combined with warm, humid air entrenched air at the surface level will likely spark the formation of showers and thunderstorms and the threat for severe weather will likely be a component in this on-going active weather pattern.
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The next week to ten days will feature numerous strong upper-level waves of energy traveling from the eastern Pacific Ocean all way across to the northeastern US on a fairly regular basis averaging every few days or so. Today's tranquil weather in the Mid-Atlantic region will soon give way to a major rain event for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor that could result in more than two inches of rain by early Saturday in some spots. This active weather pattern will not only bring soaking rain to the Mid-Atlantic as we close out this current work week, but there will be another chance for significant rain early next week and then yet another chance late next week. In addition to the heavy rain in the Mid-Atlantic, this active pattern will bring substantial springtime snowfall to interior upstate New York and New England as well as across the Colorado Rockies in the western US. Severe weather will also be a major consequence of this energetic weather pattern with numerous threats coming to the Midwest, south-central, and southeastern US.
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An active weather pattern will bring another wave of upper-level energy into the region today and the likelihood for more showers and thunderstorms from mid-affternoon on through the evening. In fact, the unfolding pattern featuring a strong upper-level jet streak across the Gulf states and a surge of warm, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico into the region, could result in severe weather later today/early tonight across much of northern Alabama. Yet another wave is likely to arrive Sunday night/Monday and bring us another round of showers and thunderstorms as well as a threat for more severe weather.
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High pressure will edge into the region today, but this unfolding very active weather pattern will bring another wave of upper-level energy into the region on Thursday and the chance for more showers and thunderstorms. In fact, the potential atmospheric setup on Thursday with a strong upper-level trough in the Southern Plains and a warm surge of humid air from the Gulf of Mexico into the region, could result in severe weather across northern Alabama. Yet another wave is likely to arrive early next week and bring us another threat for showers and thunderstorms.
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Today's soaking rain and thunderstorm activity in the Mid-Atlantic region appears to be just the opening round in what is looking like a very active weather pattern for much of the nation in the foreseeable future. The next ten days or so will feature wave-after-wave traveling across the country in a general west-to-east fashion and each one can produce snow over the Rockies and in New England, severe weather in the central and southern states, and significant rain in the Mid-Atlantic region. In fact, its been somewhat dry in recent weeks in much of the south-central and eastern US and those are the regions that are most likely to get pounded with significant rainfall in this unfolding active weather pattern.
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