Strong cold front early next week.

Make sure you enjoy this weekend because the weather pattern will change for the colder early next week. Also, next weekend is already looking cloudy and damp with below normal temperatures.

Temperatures in the 70s Sunday afternoon.

We are tracking a cold front that will sweep across Arkansas late Sunday night and track across the Tennessee Valley Monday afternoon. Temperatures ahead of this front will warm into the 70s thanks to a breezy south wind Saturday and Sunday. No rain is forecast for the weekend. You will see increasing cloud cover Sunday afternoon.

Pinpoint Predictor showing a line of storms ahead of the cold front 10pm Sunday.

By Sunday night a line of showers and thunderstorms will form along the Mississippi River and track east. This line of rain with embedded thunderstorms will move into the Shoals early Monday morning. At this time no severe weather is expected but locally heavy rain and strong gusty winds are possible. This will be a strong cold front.

Pinpoint Predictor for 6am Monday morning.

11am Monday morning. (keep in mind the exact timing of the front will likely change over the weekend. Give or take a few hours)

The rain will track across the rest of North Alabama and southern Tennessee into the late morning and early afternoon hours on Monday. The high temperatures Monday will all occur during the morning hours with falling temperatures throughout the afternoon due to a strong northwest wind as the front passes by.

The temperature drop along the front.

A closer view.

Cooler than normal weather will follow the front with afternoon highs in the 50s and morning lows in the 30s for much of the week.