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Hope you had a chance to read James post below on his trip to the Gulf Coast. I can echo his sentiments about the condition of the Alabama coast. Ivan's affects are still visible, but there has been much progress in bringing the area back from that devastating storm.
Closer to home, radar not as active this morning with the radar operating in clear air mode. Clear air mode works to detect very small particles in the air and give meteorologists information on wind.
Tropics have also become less active. Still an area of disturbed weather 550 miles southwest of Bermuda with no signs of development. Another area of showers in the Central Atlantic was moving northward and only a threat to shipping.
The small features will play a major role in our weather for the next several days - perhaps as much as a week to ten days. The weak trof at 500 millibars oriented almost east to west will continue to weaken and settle southward. We should see fewer showers today and Wednesday but the moisture begins returning toward the end of the week. A front approaches the area on Friday but should not make it any closer than Nashville and will wash out before getting into northern Alabama.
The GFS does have some promise of a front that could make it into and through Alabama in about 9 or 10 days - around August 10th. But that is quite a distance into the future, so I won't be surprised to see that solution change before we get to that date. It is fairly common for us to see a nice cold front with dryer air and cooler temperatures in mid to late August - nature's way of reminding us to stick out a little more heat and humidity by giving as a fall preview.
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-Brian-