Slight Chance of Severe WX Today Followed by Cold Air

 November 29, 2020

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Slight (yellow) risk for severe weather near the FL and AL coasts with a Marginal (dark green) risk extending a little farther inland in southern AL today through tonight. In the Slight risk area there is a 5% chance of tornadoes and damaging winds. The 5% damaging wind risk extends throughout the Marginal area but with the tornado risk reduced to 2%. Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon as a warm front lifts north ahead of an approaching cold front and will persist until the cold front passes late this evening. There is a bit of uncertainty with this forecast and the SPC expects severe storms to only occur in isolated areas.

After the front passes we can expect several days of cold and sometimes breezy weather with a night or two of freezing temps almost all the way to the beaches. Northern AL and TN may even see some winter precip on the back side of the cold front. Lows may reach the upper 20's even in the northern FL Panhandle with Northern AL well into the mid to low 20's, eastern TN may see one night in the upper teens in places. We should see another weather system sometime between midweek and the weekend. There is a general pattern in place that will keep cooler than average weather in place maybe through the end of the second week of December with precipitation expected to be mostly below normal for this time of year.

That's it for today. Keep an eye out on the weather and have multiple ways of receiving alerts if you're in the severe weather risk area. Some of us haven't experienced freezing weather this year so it's time for us to protect our outdoor plants. Have a great week.

Chris