Thursday (High 66, Low 42): Cloudy and windy with widely scattered rain showers possible during the day. Then widespread rain showers are likely at night.
Friday (High 66, Low 55): Windy with gradually decreasing clouds. Scattered showers are still possible, mainly in the morning.
Saturday (High 60, Low 41): Mostly sunny. Still breezy.
Sunday (High 67, Low 39): Sunny.
Monday (High 69, Low 42): Mostly sunny.
Tuesday (High 70, Low 46): Mostly sunny.
Wednesday (High 69, Low 48): Partly to mostly sunny.
Around here, high pressure is keeping the lower levels of the atmosphere drier for now. We have some mid-and-high-level clouds moving in this evening, but it'll probably be at least midnight before we see any rain chances around here.
And I shamelessly referred to NWS Huntsville's official forecast discussion to decide how to explain these weather maps. In case anybody didn't notice.
It looks like scattered showers will be possible off and on all throughout tomorrow, including the early morning hours. And it'll be windy. The High will get to about 66 under cloudy skies, the morning Low near 42. Then at night rain showers will become likely. We can just about count on all getting some rain across the area Thursday night.
Looks like the chances for flooding will stay well into the Northern and Western parts of Tennessee, not the parts that immediately border Alabama. That risk stretches into Arkansas and also up into Kentucky. And then they have a risk of severe thunderstorms down in Louisiana.
Friday it looks like scattered showers will linger but will be over for most of us by late morning. It'll stay partly to mostly cloudy and windy. High expected to be in the mid-60's, Low in the mid-50's.
Then after that system clears out of here on Saturday, skies will return to being mostly sunny, it'll still be breezy, especially early in the day, a High near 60 or so, Low of 40 or so.
Sunday and Monday, we'll have high pressure in control of our weather again. Plenty of sunshine both days but especially Sunday, Highs in the upper 60's, the Low about 40 for Sunday and then lower 40's for Monday.
So for anybody who didn't get a thrill out of our recent Arctic blast, where we were actually colder one day than Alaska was, maybe more than one day, but I took the trouble to check one day, this will be a lot more comfortable. And all clowning aside, seriously, if you need to get something done outside that the weather has been keeping you from, here comes your opportunity. These are actually more like Spring temperatures. But you know, Spring is only about a month away. Time flies when you're . . . even if you're under the weather like I've been for over a month now. I swear, the crud going around this season is the hanging-on type. Some of the rest of ya' mighta' noticed . . .
And then we're going to be in an odd pattern that hangs on into mid-week where we're on the warm side of a front that is probably going to stall out and may not bring us any rain (at least through this forecast period). Now the Midwest and Ohio Valley, looks like this system will have some fun with, but around here, expecting mostly sunny skies to stay in place overall, maybe a few more clouds coming back by Wednesday, probably little or no rain, Highs approaching 70 and Lows edging into the upper 40's.
So again if you've been needing to get out and weather is your excuse for staying in, weather's looking good after we get this rain out of the way. Next week may make you wonder if we skipped a month in the calendar instead of it being the start of February. But that's how it goes sometimes. And I don't know if it's because of global warming, ask Greta Thunberg. She's used to rolling with the punches. Leave the folks at the IPCC alone. If you need to harass somebody, actually, leave Greta alone too . . . bother the folks at HAARP, especially since I think they've shut down now. But the truly enlightened ones know how they are the elite and control the weather along with the reptilian humanoids. So if you can get a message through to them, you know, they love to hear from people in tinfoil hats I'm sure.
Back in the real world, rainfall totals should average about 0.25-0.5 inch roughly South of the Tennessee River. And then as you get up into far Northern Alabama and into Tennessee, amounts closer to 1 inch will be more common over the next seven days. Probably all of that rain comes tomorrow and Friday.
And I must have remembered some rogue news story about HAARP shutting down. Turns out they are still operational. (They could have closed down temporarily and then opened back up. I don't always keep up with the latest news. One time I posted online how much I liked a particular host on late-night radio, Ian Punnett, and then went to check up on him, found out he had died a few months before. Guess that's what I get for not listening religiously.) So here's some information on what they're really about.
Of course, it has been rumored that I have a diabolical black cat named Salem and his evil accomplice, and an even meaner tabby cat named Stormy (women are always more diabolical . . . ask any man who's ever been married even once . . . or dated a lot in high school, let alone college) who have a top-secret contract with HAARP to help control the weather in these parts as needed. Should there be any truth to this, I would not be at liberty to discuss it with anyone, much less the general public. I can only joke about it. If I disappear mysteriously, some may theorize that the folks at HAARP were not amused. The cats will survive though, and they are superior creatures. I wish I was as noble as either one of 'em, or as much fun.
In all seriousness, hope you all enjoy the warmer days.
I think I'm going to lay off the Spanish forecasts unless somebody tells me that they are getting any good out of them. That's why the Good Lord made Duolingo, to practice that stuff for fun. Nobody cares about it in the real world these days. And from what I've seen, Hispanics are not as lazy about learning a second language as most of my fellow Caucasians. So the whole thing probably comes off as a virtue-signalling waste of time. I did learn Spanish when I was a kid though because I got frustrated not knowing how to talk to the Mexicans (they were all from Guatemala if you want to get specific) at the church my mother went to at the time. And that was a lot of fun. I sort of hate to see it go to waste, sort of like I hate not being able to use what I understand about the weather in any useful way. That's why I splatter both on a blog sometimes.
Ay Caramba . . . looks like it's only self-indulgence that makes fried ice cream look like the kind of saintly meals people eat for Lent . . . or whenever it is that some people eat enough to stay alive but more-or-less undergo a fasting ritual. I know almost nothing about Lent except that Megyn Kelly kept saying she would give up swearing for it . . . which of course she never will . . . any more than Sofia Vergara will ever stop strutting around and getting guys to notice her tushie.
And a certain level of humor is appropriate on a blog like this, but . . . I think it's time to call it a night.
