Tuesday: Any rain showers from Monday night will be long gone by early Tuesday with sunshine to carry us into the afternoon. Highs will still make a run for near 60° in the late morning, then temperatures drop into the 50s in the afternoon. Expect windy conditions today, with some gusts up to 30 mph possible.
New Year’s Eve Night: Cooler air will begin to move in during the evening hours as temperatures fall into the lower 40s by midnight with clear skies. I would recommend dressing warm if you plan to be out.
This Week: Our weather pattern becomes very quiet through the end of this week with sunshine every day through Saturday. Cooler weather arrives for the start of the new year as morning lows return to the upper 30s by Wednesday morning and highs only reach the lower 50s during the afternoon. Daytime highs will remain in the lower 50s to upper 40s in spots through the start of our weekend and morning lows will be near or just below freezing Thursday - Saturday morning, with Saturday morning being the coldest when many places should dip into the mid/upper 20s.
Our next potential weather maker will arrive for the upcoming weekend, mainly on Sunday and into next Monday. A warm front should lift through the region on Saturday night with rain showers likely breaking out on Sunday with warmer temperatures in the middle 50s. A cold front will pass through on Monday, ushering in bitterly cold air for the middle of next week.
Beyond the 7-Day: This will be one of many arctic fronts forecast to swing through the Deep South moving into the second week of January. Current forecast guidance is showing the potential for a significant and possibly destructive cold snap across the South during the January 7-14th timeframe, possibly lasting even longer into the middle of the month. We will have to monitor for wintry precipitation chances, but nothing of that nature has come into focus, so we will watch trends closely over the next couple of weeks.
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