The cold is here to stay
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Last weekend's dangerous winter weather is giving way to at least a week of colder-than-normal temperatures.
Catch up quick: Icy conditions early Saturday turned into steady rains that spurred flood warnings, and overnight Sunday into Monday brought plummeting temps that froze lingering moisture, impacting roads and closing schools.
- Some areas of northwestern Alabama reported more than a half-inch of ice over the weekend, said Becca Darish, forecaster for the National Weather Service in Huntsville.
- Windchill temperatures around the Huntsville area measured -2 to 10 degrees Monday morning, she said,
- When it's that cold, Darish urges folks to bundle up and stay warm, and delay going outside if possible.
What they're saying: "This very cold air mass that's going to linger through the week will disproportionately impact those areas," that saw impacts last weekend, she said.
- Low temperatures in the coming days mean all that ice may just stay frozen.
Zoom in: Temperatures today will cap out at around 40 with a low of 21, though wind chills will make that feel like 10-20, per NWS.
- For the rest of the week, highs will range from 42 on Thursday to 26 on Saturday, with lows from 21 to 13.
- That's quite a bit colder than the normal temperature range for January of 50-55 on the high end to mid-30s on the low end.
Yes, but: "It's not abnormal that we're seeing variations, but yes, we are much below normal," Darish told Axios.
The latest: Huntsville City Schools are operating on a two-hour delay today, as are Madison County Schools.
What we're watching: "We are monitoring this weekend for any low precipitation chances," Darish said, as that precipitation could fall as snow.
- "But we're not concerned about widespread impacts."