The Wednesday afternoon map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Let me up front ask you to read this excellent Wall Street Journal op-ed piece on "global warming" written by Richard Lindzen, a professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220
Richard hits the nail on the head. A voice of reason in a sea of media insanity.
SHORT TERM: After some clouds this morning, the sky is now mostly sunny across the state, and our weather will remain warm and dry through the Easter weekend. Look for mid 80s Saturday and Sunday. All of the major wave action, and accordingly the severe weather/heavy rain action, will remain well to the north of Alabama. The weather should stay warm and dry into the first two days of next week.
COOLER DAYS: The GFS suggests a chilly, long wave upper trough will form over the eastern U.S. over the latter part of next week. A cold front should bring a few showers on Wednesday (one week from today), followed by much cooler air Thursday and Friday (April 20-21). Looks like highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s on those days.
LONG TERM: The weather pattern still looks rather benign for Alabama during the final week of the month. No big rain event, no severe weather.
Enjoyed seeing the kids at Christ’s Kids Preschool in northern Shelby County... look for them on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News. Also enjoyed a quick visit to Edgewood Elementary in Homewood.
The next map discussion video will be on the server by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
A Warm Easter Weekend
April 12, 2006, 1:48 pmJust A Little South Of Saskatoon
April 12, 2006, 8:35 am
Know that tune?
It is a beautiful song and my favorite one by Sonny James.
And who is Sonny James?
He had a famous country music band and he hailed from Hackleburg, which is located in NE Marion County in NW Alabama.
A very smooth-sounding band with great harmonizing somewhat like the country music group Alabama.
All of that to get to my point about a tragic tornado. Any tornado is bad, but when a powerful tornado hits a small town, the tragedy becomes ten-fold. It happened on this date in 1943, when two-thirds of Hackleburg was destroyed by a powerful F4 tornado that plowed through the little town at 1:30 in the morning. Everyone was asleep. At least 85 homes were destroyed with 17 business establishments also wiped out. Four people were killed and 60 were injured. All of the fatalaties were in homes. Hackleburg residents reported being awakened by an unscheduled freight train.
But it was no freight train.
Only 90 minutes later, an F3 tornado cut a 10-mile path across Northern Cullman County, mainly through the Vinemont area where Cullman Airport is located today. Two persons were killed and 14 injured. Two homes were destroyed and completely swept away and dozens of others were heavily damaged.
Such tragedies to small towns happen over and over. It also happened on this date in 1927 when the small town of Rock Springs, Texas was virtually obliterated. Over 95 percent of the town's buildings were destroyed and 72 died.
It is a beautiful song and my favorite one by Sonny James.
And who is Sonny James?
He had a famous country music band and he hailed from Hackleburg, which is located in NE Marion County in NW Alabama.
A very smooth-sounding band with great harmonizing somewhat like the country music group Alabama.
All of that to get to my point about a tragic tornado. Any tornado is bad, but when a powerful tornado hits a small town, the tragedy becomes ten-fold. It happened on this date in 1943, when two-thirds of Hackleburg was destroyed by a powerful F4 tornado that plowed through the little town at 1:30 in the morning. Everyone was asleep. At least 85 homes were destroyed with 17 business establishments also wiped out. Four people were killed and 60 were injured. All of the fatalaties were in homes. Hackleburg residents reported being awakened by an unscheduled freight train.
But it was no freight train.
Only 90 minutes later, an F3 tornado cut a 10-mile path across Northern Cullman County, mainly through the Vinemont area where Cullman Airport is located today. Two persons were killed and 14 injured. Two homes were destroyed and completely swept away and dozens of others were heavily damaged.
Such tragedies to small towns happen over and over. It also happened on this date in 1927 when the small town of Rock Springs, Texas was virtually obliterated. Over 95 percent of the town's buildings were destroyed and 72 died.
by J.B. Elliott
in Severe Weather
Long Dry Spell
April 12, 2006, 4:40 am
The Wednesday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Still kooks like we stay dry through the Easter weekend, and probably into the first two days of next week. Pretty amazing for April in Alabama.
A system is passing well to the north today; we will call it partly sunny with highs in the upper 70s. Any showers should remain well to the north of the state.
Tomorrow and Friday will be warm and dry as temperatures reach or exceed 80 degrees.
Pretty much the same story for the weekend; partly to mostly sunny with highs up in the mid 80s, about ten degrees above normal for mid-April.
While we enjoy the calm weather, any severe weather problems will be well to our north; a compact but potent system will bring the risk of strong to severe storms this weekend to the central plains over to the Great Lakes.
LONG RANGE: There is some hint at some rain here toward the middle of next week; followed by the development of a long wave eastern U.S. trough. This could mean cooler temperatures in about 7 to 10 days. Beyond that, still nothing that really catches our attention in terms of severe weather or heavy rain threats through the end of April. Enjoy the quiet weather while we have it!
I sure hope today is a better day for me; I was stuck in an I-20 traffic mess for hours yesterday trying to get to Saks Elementary School... I never made it. Today I will be speaking to the kids at Christ Church pre-school on Caldwell Mill Road. That isn't far from the ABC 33/40 studio... I can walk if there is a traffic blow-up again. I will also be swinging by Edgewood Elementary today in Homewood.
The next map discussion video will be posted by 3:30 this afternoon!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Still kooks like we stay dry through the Easter weekend, and probably into the first two days of next week. Pretty amazing for April in Alabama.
A system is passing well to the north today; we will call it partly sunny with highs in the upper 70s. Any showers should remain well to the north of the state.
Tomorrow and Friday will be warm and dry as temperatures reach or exceed 80 degrees.
Pretty much the same story for the weekend; partly to mostly sunny with highs up in the mid 80s, about ten degrees above normal for mid-April.
While we enjoy the calm weather, any severe weather problems will be well to our north; a compact but potent system will bring the risk of strong to severe storms this weekend to the central plains over to the Great Lakes.
LONG RANGE: There is some hint at some rain here toward the middle of next week; followed by the development of a long wave eastern U.S. trough. This could mean cooler temperatures in about 7 to 10 days. Beyond that, still nothing that really catches our attention in terms of severe weather or heavy rain threats through the end of April. Enjoy the quiet weather while we have it!
I sure hope today is a better day for me; I was stuck in an I-20 traffic mess for hours yesterday trying to get to Saks Elementary School... I never made it. Today I will be speaking to the kids at Christ Church pre-school on Caldwell Mill Road. That isn't far from the ABC 33/40 studio... I can walk if there is a traffic blow-up again. I will also be swinging by Edgewood Elementary today in Homewood.
The next map discussion video will be posted by 3:30 this afternoon!
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