Wet Week?
After a Thanksgiving weekend that brought nothing but the finest late November weather to our area, things are about to change as we get set to head back to work and/or school. A one-two punch of rain systems could make things rather wet around Alabama and Georgia the first half of the week.
First up is a cold front coming in Monday. This front will have limited moisture to work with but expect to see some showers as the front moves in early in the day and passes steadily through the area by nighttime. We should wind up behind the front on Tuesday, which means we will be dry and might actually clear out a bit and with little change in temperatures.
Wednesday’s rain looks like the big one, with low pressure developing in the Gulf and intensifying as it lifts northeast into Alabama, Georgia, and then tracks right up the spine of the Appalachian Mountains. That likely puts the Chattahoochee Valley in line for quite a bit of rain – current forecasts max out at between 2 and 4 inches in portions of our area by Wednesday night. Rain could be accompanied by gusty winds due to the intense nature of the surface low.
This is potentially quite a storm for parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region, featuring wind and maybe some heavy snow. What we will get behind the storm is a nice shot of cold air for Thursday and Friday, but nothing that will break any records. It may be the coldest weather we’ve seen so far this fall season, though, so keep an eye out for later forecasts.
In case you missed it, Columbus reached 32º on Saturday morning at the airport for the first official freezing temperature of the season.
Kurt Schmitz, Chief Meteorologist, WTVM-TV