So Far, January is 7 Degrees Warmer than December
While not a record, today’s high temperature of 70.3 degrees marks the warmest day so far in 2006. The southeast continues to be the beneficiary of a weather pattern that is keeping the cold air bottled up in Canada, with warm winds from the southwest. Right now, that pattern is expected to continue for as long as the next two weeks, with some occasional intrusions of colder air.
The first chance of bad weather comes in Tuesday night and Wednesday, with rain likely. Because the storm will stay largely to our north, temperatures are likely to stay warm. That probably won’t be the case for the next storm, expected Friday night and Saturday. That storm is expected to draw in colder air — the Weather Service is predicting snow flurries in Alabama on Saturday — but here, we’ll likely see lows right around freezing. Thunder is also possible on Saturday as the front passes through.
Looking at the longer term, the GFS model forecast is predicting a front to move through about every three days, on Wednesdays and Saturdays through January 22nd. Nevertheless, we’re likely to see a continued mild trend through the latter part of the month.
So far, our average temperature in January stands at 47.7 degrees - seven degrees warmer than the average temperature for December, 2005 of 40.7 degrees. When you consider that the average Atlanta high temperature in January is 50, we’re doing pretty well.
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