Arctic blast to be followed by a slow return to seasonable conditions across the South this week

By Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist

Published Nov. 11, 2019 3:32 AM

Many cities across the Southeast have seen November start off cooler than average and the upcoming forecast will continue that trend across the region.

With the exception of central and South Florida, many major Southeast cities have started out the month between 3 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit below normal.

An advancing storm system will drop rain with crashing temperatures on Monday and Tuesday across the Deep South for places like Jackson, Mississippi; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia.

The arrival of a winterlike air mass will come as a powerful area of high pressure settles in the wake of the rainfall across the region midweek. Extremely cold temperatures with a possible freeze could accompany the the winterlike conditions.

Freezing temperatures are forecast to extend down into places like Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning as an Arctic blast of air extends down to the Gulf Coast. Both of these cities are expected to break their record-low temperatures early Wednesday morning.

"High temperatures in many spots will be as many as 10 degrees below typical low temperatures in mid-November," AccuWeather Meteorologist Kyle Elliot said.

Farther north, widespread temperatures in the teens and 20s will challenge record-low temperatures all across the Deep South.

Places like Orlando and Tampa have managed to escape the cooler weather so far this fall, but the upcoming Arctic surge will finally extend into central Florida midweek. While 80s can be expected on Monday and Tuesday, temperatures will crash into the 60s and lower 70s midweek.

High pressure will continue to promote dry, settled and cool conditions across the South after the initial Arctic blast of air. A slow but steady moderation of temperatures through the end of the week will keep the region feeling like fall.

AccuWeather meteorologists are continuing to monitor a potential storm system arising in the Gulf of Mexico late this week. At this time, areas along the immediate Gulf coast as well as the state of Florida can expect unsettled conditions Thursday and Friday.

If the system were to continue a path towards the Southeast Coast by this weekend, the rain could result in some drought relief across northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

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