Funny how some people think I work nine minutes a day, doing three minute weather segments during ABC 33/40 news at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00. The day is actually much longer. Here is today’s schedule:

4:52 a.m. Alarm sounds (My body knows it is REALLY 3:52... this DST stuff is tough).

5:15 a.m. Record and post morning Internet video update and blog comments

5:30 until 8:00 a.m. Handle morning radio weather forecasts on 26 radio stations around the nation, from Phoenix, Arizona to Jacksonville, Florida. This is done from my home weather office (thank goodness I can’t be seen on radio. In between radio feeds I help get the 7 year old dressed and on the school bus.

8:00 a.m. Spend some time with my wife and plan out the day.

9:00 a.m. Head out in Storm Chaser 33/40 for a midday speech in Winfield (Harmony Grove Baptist Church). Will do a magazine interview via cell phone on the way up, and talk ministry business on the way back with my riding partner today, Bob Dewhurst of the Alabama Baptist Children's Homes.

2:30 p.m. Arrive at ABC 33/40, do the afternoon Internet video update, and afternoon radio cuts for those 26 stations. Not to mention answering dozens of e-mail messages and dealing with other administrative chores. Thank goodness for J.B. Elliott, who writes the afternoon forecast package!

5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Go on ABC 33/40 news at 5:00 and 6:00

6:30 p.m. Off to meet my family at Hunter Street Baptist Church for Wednesday evening services. Other nights of the week I go home for a family dinner hour, or, head to the Little League ballpark for a game. Hey, our team this year (the Reds) is 4-0 so far!

8:30 p.m. Back at the station; I begin working on the morning forecast package for tomorrow morning, and the television graphics for the late news.

10:00 p.m. Handle the 10:00 weather segment on ABC 33/40 News.

10:35 p.m. Out the door and headed back to the home office.

11:00 p.m. Finish the morning forecast package and work on the morning radio feed.

MIDNIGHT: I do my best to go to sleep. Some nights it might be closer to 1:00.

Yep, the day is a little longer than nine minutes. But, I love every minute of it. I am blessed to have one of the greatest jobs in television meteorology in a wonderful market. I am truly living the dream...

The Tuesday afternoon video update is on the server:

http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb

Today's weather pretty much rolling along as expected... early morning showers; a partly sunny afternoon.

Tomorrow the upper low will pass over north Alabama, which will mean a mostly cloudy day with scattered showers and storms due to the colder air aloft. There could be some small hail in some of the showers, but temperatures aloft tomorrow don't look quite as cold as the ones we saw with the upper low last week. Surface temperatures should be much cooler as dynamic cooling from above keeps daytime temperatures in the 60s.

NICE DRY SPELL: For now we don't have any showers in the forecast on Thursday; a disturbance on the back side of the upper low might try to squeeze out a shower or two, but the air looks too dry for anything to reach the ground. We expect five to seven days of dry weather beginning on Thursday, lasting through the weekend and into next week.

The 12Z run of the GFS advertises the next major storm system around April 23-25. That could change; not much confidence in the longer range today (beyond 7 days).

Enjoyed the visit with the kids at First Baptist down in Columbiana today... will be on the road to Winfield tomorrow for a lunch at a Harmony Grove Baptist Church. I have not been up there since the Boar's Butt burned down; I will really miss that place!

The Tuesday morning web video update is on the server:

http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb

We note a few lingering showers across the state this morning; those should be gone by mid-morning with the sky becoming partly sunny today as we get into a nice dry slot. Temperatures should reach the mid 70s in most places as the sky becomes partly sunny.

This system did produce a little severe weather during the pre-dawn hours down on the Alabama coast; tornado warnings were required for Mobile and Baldwin counties. I do not see any damage reports from down there as of this writing. Overall the storm system produced little in the way of severe weather across the deep south; a high risk "bustola". SPC did have a high risk out for parts of Mississippi and Louisiana during the day, but their storm reports showed zero tornadoes and only two high wind reports in the high risk. Anyone can have a bad day... even the guys at SPC. I have my share of them too.

The upper low passes over north Alabama tomorrow, and the associated cold air aloft will mean the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. We might even see some small hail in the stronger cells.

NICE STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER: Looks like we might have at least five to seven days of dry weather beginning Thursday. The storm track shifts into Canada, leaving us high and dry through the weekend and into early next week. This will be great chance for Alabama to dry out a bit.

Down the road it looks like the next decent rain event will be in the April 20-22 range....

Headed down to Columbiana this morning to see the little ones at First Baptist Church. Be back in the office for the afternoon update a little later today.