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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1014 AM CST Sun Feb 1 2026

- Medium to high chances of rain on Tuesday afternoon and evening.

- Dry conditions are forecast from Wednesday into the upcoming weekend.

NEAR TERM

(Rest of Today and Tonight) Issued at 1014 AM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

A not as chilly start to the day and start of a new work week, with daybreak temperatures in the 20s. With an area of clouds now east of the area and the return of direct sun, 9 AM temperatures have warmed into the 30s and light SW winds. Surface high pressure sprawled over the NE Gulf coast should build more to the east, reaching the GA/FL coast Tuesday morning. This will induce a more southerly flow across the Tennessee Valley, and warmer conditions today. High temperatures later this afternoon should rise to around 50, with SW winds of 5-10 mph.

Scattered high altitude clouds over the Northern Plains south of the main polar jet should move across the area this evening. Also broad upglide over the Southern Plains, east of an approaching area of low pressure and a weak frontal boundary will result in showers forming to our west. Those showers should not reach the area tonight, but increasing mid and lower clouds are expected as that system nears. Low temperatures should fall from the mid/upper 20s east to lower 30s west with light southerly winds.

SHORT TERM

(Tuesday through Wednesday night) Issued at 1014 AM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

The aformentioned showers should reach the forecast area a couple of hours after daybreak. Given a later start of the showers, will maintain an all liquid phase of precipitation. Despite the clouds and good rain chances, high temperatures should rise into the low/mid 50s. Although modest to strong shear will accompany the showers, instability is forecast to remain very low, thus no thunder is expected. The new blends have come in wetter than previous runs, with total rainfall amounts of around 1/2", up from around 1/3". This should help alleviate a long-term dry spell that the area has been in.

A cold front with this system is forecast to move in a WNW-ESE manner across the area Tuesday evening, with showers ending likewise. The coldest air will not arrive until well after the showers have ended, thus no wintry precip is expected. Lows Tue night should range in the low/mid 30s. Post frontal clouds look to persist after the front passes and colder air filters in. With winter-like temperatures returning, high temperatures on Wednesday will only rise into the low/mid 40s, with NW winds of 5-15 mph. Colder Wed night with lows around 20 degrees.

LONG TERM

(Thursday through Sunday) Issued at 801 PM CST Sun Feb 1 2026

After the trough and front that brings rain on Wednesday shifts southeast, deep layer northwest flow will follow late this week into next weekend with a ridge position in the Rockies shifting into Plains states. Although no bitterly cold air is expected, a roller coaster of temperatures will occur, with intervals of moderate warming and cooling. After highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s Thursday, readings reach the lower to middle 50s Friday, then drop back into the 40s to around 50 Saturday. Then its back into the lower to middle 50s Sunday. With a continental airmass and dry air, temperatures will still dip below freezing each morning through Sunday.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 530 AM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at the TAF sites through tonight. Skies will clear by mid-morning, but cloud cover will increase once again later tonight. Light southerly winds this morning will become southwesterly between 5-10 knots this afternoon. Light winds will then return this evening. The main concern tonight will be the potential for LLWS (out of the southwest at around 35 knots) at MSL by 8Z. LLWS may become a concern at HSV by around 12Z Tuesday morning; however, confidence was too low to include in the TAFs at this time.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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