Cold Air Enters Far NW Alabama

**No afternoon Weather Xtreme video today**

Today’s afternoon discussion is courtesy J.B. Elliott….

BIG CHANGE IN OUR WEATHER: It does not look severe, but the old thermometer is going to take a nosedive over the weekend and we will probably see some scattered light frost, especially Tuesday and Wednesday mornings as temperatures fall into the mid 30s. However, the valleys of Northeast Alabama will probably have lows close to freezing. This change in air is coming directly out of Canada and the front is already moving across Alabama. There was a narrow band of light showers early this afternoon, but they will not amount to much. However, we look for an outside chance of a shower later this afternoon and a few extending into the evening. There will be a few lingering showers Saturday morning, then clearing. See our 7-Day Forecast at the end of this story.

THE BIG EAST COAST STORY: It has to do with Hurricane Sandy. It is going to affect millions of people all along the Eastern Seaboard. By Saturday morning, the center is expected to be about 200 miles east of Jacksonville and by Saturday night about the same distance east of Myrtle Beach. By Sunday morning, the tightly wound up center will be a little over 100 miles east of the North Carolina coast. The worse is still yet to come. By Monday night or early Tuesday, the center may be trying to go inland somewhere between Baltimore and New York and by Wednesday morning inland into some of the highest populated areas of our country. We see no reason to escape multiplied millions of people being affected and power failures that may last for a week. On shore flooding will be a super problem and the rain will be so heavy that flash floods will be a dime a dozen. Meanwhile, colder air is expected to pour into the circulation, especially late Monday and Tuesday and this could lead to some big time snow amounts, mainly in places like West Virginia and westward. As the story unfolds, I will try to post some spot reports near the coast and even on some of the off-shore weather buoys.

FOOTBALL WEATHER: There may be a few evening showers at some of the North Alabama high school stadiums this evening. Winds will be north at 6-12 mph and temperatures by the second half will fall into the 50s. For the Magic City Classic Saturday afternoon at Legion Field between Alabama A&M and Alabama state, it will sunny, but windy and cool with near 60 at kickoff and 50s in the second half. Look for north winds of 12-25 mph and some of the best tailgating you have ever seen. Alabama hosts Mississippi State at 7:30 p.m. We expect about 54 at kickoff and 40s in the second half along with brisk north winds of 10-20 mph. The weather is expected to be about the same for the Auburn/Texas A&M game Saturday night.

USA NOTES: It was a summerlike 96 in Alice and Edinburg, Texas yesterday, but a bitter cold 1 above zero this morning in Cut Bank Montana. Heavy snow is forecast for Northwest Washington and near the Montana/Idaho border. Widespread snow was expected from Central Canada down into Northern Minnesota. Still another area of snow from Colorado to Montana.

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Category: Alabama's Weather