Well... everyone seems to be talking about the weather. About 50 e-mails in the box since I left for Haleyville from folks asking questions and wanting a briefing. By the way, I will pretty much send all those folks to this page; I won't have any time for individual briefings for a while.
People I have seen today tell me they have heard everything from snow on Christmas day to snow on Sunday to ice on Monday. As always, rumors get out of control when winter weather threatens Alabama, and I learned long ago even if we put out the PERFECT forecast (there is no such thing, anyway), people will still be mad because of bad weather information they got from a friend, a neighbor, or somewhere around town.
THANKS to you for taking the time to read this; send everyone you know over this way so they can get the scoop right from the wx office, instead of the person next in line at the grocery store.
Afternoon video is posted:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Also, J.B. Elliott's afternoon discussion and forecast is posted as well:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
After looking at the 12Z model runs, I really don't see anything to make me change anything from what I wrote on the blog this morning. We still have three issues ahead:
*Major cold air blast Sunday and Monday. Many places in north Alabama will be below freezing both days, and we will be in the 10 to 20 degree range Monday morning. And, yes, we will have flurries on Sunday. Maybe enough to make the ground white across higher terrain in northeast Alabama, but moisture looks pretty limited so we do not expect any accumulation along the I-20 corridor.
*Pre-Christmas storm. Still looks like a rain to snow event for the deep south in the December 22-24 time frame. I will be very specific on this system tomorrow morning.
*Post-Christmas storm. Very interesting system sets up for December 26-27. This might bring a better opportunity for significant snow across the deep south. I will tell you up front we will be focusing on the first two issues over the next few days, just keeping watch on this one out of the corner of our eye. We will deal with forecasting the specifics with this one early next week. Just too early right now.
People I have seen today tell me they have heard everything from snow on Christmas day to snow on Sunday to ice on Monday. As always, rumors get out of control when winter weather threatens Alabama, and I learned long ago even if we put out the PERFECT forecast (there is no such thing, anyway), people will still be mad because of bad weather information they got from a friend, a neighbor, or somewhere around town.
THANKS to you for taking the time to read this; send everyone you know over this way so they can get the scoop right from the wx office, instead of the person next in line at the grocery store.
Afternoon video is posted:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Also, J.B. Elliott's afternoon discussion and forecast is posted as well:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/7day.hrb
After looking at the 12Z model runs, I really don't see anything to make me change anything from what I wrote on the blog this morning. We still have three issues ahead:
*Major cold air blast Sunday and Monday. Many places in north Alabama will be below freezing both days, and we will be in the 10 to 20 degree range Monday morning. And, yes, we will have flurries on Sunday. Maybe enough to make the ground white across higher terrain in northeast Alabama, but moisture looks pretty limited so we do not expect any accumulation along the I-20 corridor.
*Pre-Christmas storm. Still looks like a rain to snow event for the deep south in the December 22-24 time frame. I will be very specific on this system tomorrow morning.
*Post-Christmas storm. Very interesting system sets up for December 26-27. This might bring a better opportunity for significant snow across the deep south. I will tell you up front we will be focusing on the first two issues over the next few days, just keeping watch on this one out of the corner of our eye. We will deal with forecasting the specifics with this one early next week. Just too early right now.