My Kind of Weather

The warm weather crowd in the newsroom is already grumbling. This is already to much for them! For those of us that like the cooler weather, this is hog heaven!

Last night, I opened the window and turned up the old electric blanket to well done..and slept well!

This pattern is going to continue all week with a deep upper trough in the jet stream parked over the eastern half of North America. If this pattern becomes the favored winter pattern, it will be a cold one indeed. Too soon to know about that yet but do read my winter forecast blog from last week.

If you have tender plants still out, then you will want to protect them by dark on Tuesday. Widespread frosts are likely in the rural areas for sure by Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

The frost will be light in many areas but thicker in the cold pockets...like NE Madison County and in the Hampton Cove area. Need I say also in the valleys of Dekalb and Jackson counties.

We have had a string of mild winters...perhaps this is a sign that this one will be different. I for one hope so!

On another note, the cold air now moving into the Gulf should cool it down enough that another strong hurricane is virtually impossible this year.

Later,
Dan