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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 913 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026

- Breezy conditions today into Monday with winds gusting mainly 20-25 mph.

- Very cold Sunday night through Monday night with overnight lows in the upper teens to lower 20s with wind chills as low as 6-12F early Monday morning.

- A warming trend will begin Tuesday, with another chance for showers on Wednesday night.

NEAR TERM

(Rest of Today and Tonight) Issued at 913 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026

A frigid start to the morning with 8am temps in the 30s. These temps are running 12 degrees cooler than this time yesterday and 25 degrees cooler than Friday morning temps! Skies will be sunny today as high pressure builds in but that won't help temps much. We'll have a tight pressure gradient in place, between that high pressure and the sfc low off the Mid Atlantic. These breezy northwesterly winds will not only filter in CAA, but provide a wind chill throughout today and tonight. Highs today will only reach the lower 40s, but it will feel more like it's in the 30s. NW winds will be sustained around 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Right now, this remains below Wind Advisory Criteria but those in NE AL have the highest potential for brushing up to that threshold, so obs will be monitored for any forecast adjustments.

Winds will slim down a little overnight, but remain breezy. This will cause wind chills to make it feel like it's more in the teens to single digits (6-12 degrees) than in the lower 20s. Ensure you are dressed warmly in layers with a hat, coat and gloves today and tonight.

SHORT TERM

(Monday through Wednesday) Issued at 913 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026

Monday morning will start out in the 20s, but it will feel even colder, 6-12 degrees, as breezy northwesterly winds persist. Ensure you are dressed warmly in layers with a hat, coat and gloves for your morning commute to work or school. As the sfc low in the Mid Atlantic lifts up the coast, high pressure will continue to build into the region. This will finally slack the pressure gradient and let the winds calm down throughout the day. Until it does, the winds will make it feel like it's in the 20s until lunchtime or so. Despite the sunshine, highs will be the coldest of the week only reaching the upper 30s. As the sfc high is nearly overhead, skies will be mostly clear and with finally nearly calm winds, it will allow for good radiational cooling dropping lows into the upper teens to lower 20s.

A warm up is on the way! Sfc high pressure will push southeastward Tuesday and return breezy southerly flow. This push of WAA will help us rebound nicely Tuesday and even more so on Wednesday. Despite the increase in cloud cover ahead of an approaching frontal system, highs will reach the lower 50s on Tuesday and the lower 60s on Wednesday!

LONG TERM

(Tuesday night through Saturday) Issued at 914 PM CST Sat Feb 21 2026

Clouds will increase Tuesday night into Wednesday ahead of an approaching frontal system. Despite the cloud cover, southerly winds will help to push high temperatures back into the low to mid 60s. Another fast-moving trough will ripple through the Tennessee Valley Wednesday night into Thursday, bringing medium to high chances (50-80%) for rain showers along and ahead of a cold front. This activity will taper off from west to east Thursday night, with some decent wetting rains of between 0.5" to 1.0" forecast. Thereafter, we will remain in zonal flow aloft and in a mild pattern to close out the month of February, with partly cloudy conditions and southerly winds keeping highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s.

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1110 AM CST Sun Feb 22 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period at KHSV and KMSL. Gusty northwesterly winds will persist through the forecast period with the strongest gusts expected to occur through 00Z this evening, up to 25kts.

HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

AL...None. TN...None.