The Big Chill

Morning video update is ready to roll:

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

Cold is the word; temperatures are below freezing now from Birmingham north and west, with some single digit wind chill values in place. Cold and dry weather continues through Christmas; then a pattern change means much warmer weather ahead next week. This is the last cold air blast for a while.

As I expected, had a few nasty e-mail messages this morning from people angry that "the winter storm we forecast was a no show". My response is simple; we NEVER forecast a winter storm for last night. The great thing about this blog is that everything is in writing!

See this: http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/wxtalk.php?id=135

Of course, when we do make a bad forecast, we can't hide!

And, to make it perfectly clear, my problem is not with the local NWS folks, it is with their system that mandates a formal winter storm advisory or warning for a rather insignificant event. I also suggest the NWS folks in Fort Worth and Washington look at all of the confusing types of advisories they use. Most folks, myself included, are befuddled when the maps on the TV screen show 10 different kinds of advisories in colors that look like a rainbow.

Gonna finish radio weather this morning and go out and get some batteries for Christmas morning. I learned long ago you better have plenty of all types ready for any situation!