COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR TONIGHT; LOWS IN 10s & SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILL VALUES… Tonight has a very high chance of being the coldest night of the entire calendar year as overnight lows will dip into the low-10s. That is the number you’ll see on the thermometer tomorrow morning around 6AM. The numbers highlighted in the map attached show what the air will feel like, aka the wind chill values, at 6AM Wednesday. This will be brutally cold air for our local area! A Hard Freeze Warning and Wind Chill Alert remain in effect for all of south Alabama and northwest Florida.
BLACK ICE CONCERNS ON AREA ROADWAYS… While much of the local area has dried out due to the very cold, dry air now in place across the region, there are lingering puddles that will quickly freeze over the next few hours. Temperatures remain below freezing as of 7:30PM in many spots, thus the black ice situation on local roadways will not be improving until the afternoon hours tomorrow when we rise above the freezing mark. I am most concerned about the black ice patches on area roadways in parts of Washington, Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Wilcox, and Monroe counties in west Alabama. Travel is strongly discouraged in these counties until midday tomorrow at the earliest. Even in counties south and east of I-65, a few patches of black ice will be possible. Drive slow and easy and DO NOT engage in sudden braking or sudden acceleration!
SUNNY, COLD WEDNESDAY… High temperatures will be in the mid-40s Wednesday afternoon with mostly sunny skies expected throughout the day. We will have another night with lows in the 20s by Thursday morning. Temperatures will begin to moderate somewhat Thursday night into Friday. Despite rain being in the forecast Thursday night, for now, there is no indication of mixed precipitation or snow as temperatures will very likely be too warm.
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I will have your next detailed forecast update in the next regularly scheduled RedZone Weather forecast video that will be posted by 7:15AM tomorrow morning. Be sure to join me then for the very latest information. Have a good Tuesday night!