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1:51PM January 5, 2025

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TEMPERATURES TO CRASH AFTER COLD FRONT PASSAGE MONDAY MORNING; AIR TEMPS IN 30s IN AFTERNOON… Air temperatures are set to “go the wrong way” all day on Monday after the passage of a cold front early tomorrow morning. Temperatures around midnight tonight will be in the 60s. By 9AM, temperatures will be in the 40s after a cold front moves through most places across the region. We’ll be in the 30s by tomorrow afternoon with wind chill values in the 20s (!) by 3PM. Air temperatures will drop below the freezing mark by 8-9PM tomorrow evening. We will be in the low to mid 20s by Tuesday morning with highs only in the mid 40s Tuesday afternoon. NOW is the time to complete any “cold weather preparation” ahead of the bitterly cold air set to arrive tomorrow.

The map attached highlights the projected wind chill values (how the air actually feels with temperature and wind speed) at 4PM Monday afternoon. It is certainly not common at all for our local area to have wind chill values near 20 degrees in the afternoon hours.

TORNADO WATCH TO OUR WEST THIS AFTERNOON… A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9PM for many counties in parts of east Texas, southern Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi this afternoon as a line of storms sets up and moves east. There have been a few discrete storms out ahead of the main line that have produced tornado warnings in the last hour. The Tornado Watch is in effect for Jackson (MS), Vicksburg (MS), Amory (MS), Oxford (MS), Greenville (MS), Brookhaven (MS), Dumas (AR), Monticello (AR), Monroe (LA), Natchitoches (LA), Alexandria (LA), Baton Rouge (LA), Jasper (TX), and surrounding areas.

LOW-END SEVERE WEATHER RISK OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY LOCALLY… All of southwest Alabama and northwest Florida continues to be involved in the low-end, Level 1 (out of 5) severe weather risk zone valid for tonight into early Monday morning. Storms will probably be weakening while moving across our region, but there may be just enough overlap for one or two storms to briefly be strong or marginally severe. Gusty winds continue to be the main concern. The overall tornado risk overnight into Monday continues to be quite low, but perhaps not entirely zero. Have a way to hear warnings overnight.

APP… If you haven’t already, be sure to download the free RedZone Weather app to keep up with all the latest information on the world of weather in south Alabama and northwest Florida. redzoneweather.com/app is the link for the free download. Once you have the app downloaded to your iOS or Android device, be sure to visit the Alerts tab (lower right corner) and tap the Alert Settings button to customize the alerts you would like to receive straight from me.

I will have more updates posted throughout the day and into tonight in the RedZone Weather app. Have a good Sunday evening!

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