Christmas Eve, a Bit Non-Traditional
As a strengthening storm system pours out of the southwest this week, travelers headed across the Plains and into the Upper Midwest will need to brace for a snow storm that will change thr travel plans of many Americans for the holidays.
For the Tennessee Valley, we’ll see a warm front bring temperatures near 60 degrees on Christmas Eve, with increasing and very strong winds that will gust to 40 miles per hour at Valley level, to 60 at mountain-top level. That will be winds of Tropical Storm strength which could be responsible for bringing down many trees in across the area because of the wet ground and weakened root systems of many of the area trees. If this occurs in the wrong places, it could bring down power lines in isolated areas, causing scattered blackouts on Christmas Eve. Along with the winds, heavy rains will visit the Valley with a potential for flash flooding in flood prone areas.
On Christmas Day, after the winds shift to the northwest, temperatures will start to fall from midday highs near 50 to another freezing morning Saturday. Afternoon highs will stay in the mid-40s Saturday and the low 40s Sunday and Monday, when morning lows will fall into the middle 20s. Another complex storm system will move toward the southeast on Tuesday with the potential for a touch of Winter weather in the South. We’ll be watching that storm carefully through the weekend.
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Brad Huffines, Chief Meteorologist / Storm Force 31
