The Thursday afternoon map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/modeldata.hrb
Well... we have lost communications with the radar on Double Oak Mountain again. Guess I was bragging too soon... Bellsouth still working on the issue. Very frustrating. But, you can use NEXRAD from the Shelby County Airport as a backup, like we do here in our office.
The cool and dry Canadian air north of us won't make it into Alabama, as we have been expecting. Very, very hard to get a surface front through here in late July. The front stalls out near the Tennessee border, and we will continue to mention scattered to numerous showers and storms tonight and tomorrow. For the weekend, mixed sun and clouds Saturday and Sunday with scattered, mainly afternoon storms. Heat no big problem here; highs will be in the 87 to 90 degree range over the next few days.
TROPICS: Very interesting. The models are hinting at some kind of "back yard" depression or storm forming in the northern Gulf early next week. The water sure is warm now just off the coast, and upper winds could be fairly favorable by Monday or Tuesday.
Franklin is moving out to sea, and is no threat to the U.S. mainland. The system is now east of New Jersey.
A strong wave around 20 N and 50 W has the potential to become tropical storm Harvey. The initial motion is generally northwest, but the models bend the system back to the west late in the weekend as a ridge rebuilds in the wake of Franklin. This system could take a path like Andrew, moving in the direction of Miami, then cutting across south Florida and winding up in the Gulf of Mexico. Very, very early in the game here.
And, we have two more waves in the eastern Atlantic... looks like a busy month ahead.
Lots of questions about the weather on the central Gulf coast next week since many folks will be taking one last beach trip before the beginning of the new school year. Tropical systems could be involved down there... but we simply can't tell you right now the specifics. Will there be a system that forms just south of the coast early next week? Or, will Harvey cut through southern Florida and be an issue toward the end of the week. Or, maybe both situations happen? We will just have to wait and see...
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/modeldata.hrb
Well... we have lost communications with the radar on Double Oak Mountain again. Guess I was bragging too soon... Bellsouth still working on the issue. Very frustrating. But, you can use NEXRAD from the Shelby County Airport as a backup, like we do here in our office.
The cool and dry Canadian air north of us won't make it into Alabama, as we have been expecting. Very, very hard to get a surface front through here in late July. The front stalls out near the Tennessee border, and we will continue to mention scattered to numerous showers and storms tonight and tomorrow. For the weekend, mixed sun and clouds Saturday and Sunday with scattered, mainly afternoon storms. Heat no big problem here; highs will be in the 87 to 90 degree range over the next few days.
TROPICS: Very interesting. The models are hinting at some kind of "back yard" depression or storm forming in the northern Gulf early next week. The water sure is warm now just off the coast, and upper winds could be fairly favorable by Monday or Tuesday.
Franklin is moving out to sea, and is no threat to the U.S. mainland. The system is now east of New Jersey.
A strong wave around 20 N and 50 W has the potential to become tropical storm Harvey. The initial motion is generally northwest, but the models bend the system back to the west late in the weekend as a ridge rebuilds in the wake of Franklin. This system could take a path like Andrew, moving in the direction of Miami, then cutting across south Florida and winding up in the Gulf of Mexico. Very, very early in the game here.
And, we have two more waves in the eastern Atlantic... looks like a busy month ahead.
Lots of questions about the weather on the central Gulf coast next week since many folks will be taking one last beach trip before the beginning of the new school year. Tropical systems could be involved down there... but we simply can't tell you right now the specifics. Will there be a system that forms just south of the coast early next week? Or, will Harvey cut through southern Florida and be an issue toward the end of the week. Or, maybe both situations happen? We will just have to wait and see...
on July 28, 2005, 8:00 pm
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