Auburn, Ala. (EETV) – This week, a major cold front is sweeping across the United States and is expected to reach Auburn by Thursday afternoon. The cold front will bring a dramatic drop in temperatures, strong winds, rain, and potentially the first freezing temperatures of the winter season.
Daytime high temperatures will drop from the upper 60s and lower 70s, into the low 50s by this weekend. Overnight lows will fall from the upper 40s into the lower 30s, potentially giving Auburn its first temperatures at or below freezing since March. The average first freeze date for Auburn is around mid-November, so this freeze is on schedule.
The cold front will also bring a quick line of rain as it moves through our region on Thursday. Once the rain clears, our region will see windy conditions and returning sunshine. Despite the return of sunshine, temperatures will still be significantly colder as this cold air mass settles across the Southeast.
The temperature change is being driven by a large mass of colder, high-pressure air moving southeast from western parts of the United States and Canada. As this colder air advances toward the warmer air already established in the Southeast, the boundary between these two air masses creates the cold front. The advancing cold air will push warmer air out of the region, leaving Auburn with significantly colder, winter-like temperatures.
Although Auburn is expected to see sunny skies this weekend, temperatures will remain unseasonably cold, marking a noticeable transition into the winter season.
