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Check out the observations up north this morning; -36 at Williston, North Dakota and -36 at Wolf Point, Montana at 5:00 a.m. Records are being blown away up there; for some places this is the coldest air they have seen in a number of years.
And, the big storm coming out across the plains is putting down a huge snow cover over much of the central and northern U.S. You can help but think when the "dam breaks" and the pattern changes, we will really go into the deep freeze here. But, it won't happen until at least 10 days from now.
Very difficult temperature forecast for tomorrow as the leading edge of the cold air tries to slip in here. Muscle Shoals could drop into the upper 30s during the day, with 40s north of Birmingham. The mercury should drop to near 50 along I-20 during the day. A few showers are likely, but I don't expect rain to be all that heavy.
We warm right back up this weekend and next week as heights rise.
06Z GFS says no cold air in the January 15-20 time frame, but I still have concern it is wrong. I would not be shocked if much colder air slips in here at some point in that time frame, but a very shallow layer with warmer air on top of it. We will keep waiting and watching.
We just about have the Storm Alert 2005 tour schedule ready to post; hopefully I will have it on here later today or tomorrow. Looks like a very, very good show this year. My man Bill Castle is hard at work on it now.
**Lots of e-mail this morning about a big front page article in the Birmingham News trying to suggest some "storm of the century" next week. I think it is an AP article... not from anyone local. I have no idea what that is about... next week should not be nearly as stormy as this week, although more snow and cold is likely up north.
**Just read the front page article... I still don't understand. Seems like it should have been written one week ago! The big storm is going on right now... next week will be a little calmer. Still cold and unsettled for much of the nation next week, but no historic storms.
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Check out the observations up north this morning; -36 at Williston, North Dakota and -36 at Wolf Point, Montana at 5:00 a.m. Records are being blown away up there; for some places this is the coldest air they have seen in a number of years.
And, the big storm coming out across the plains is putting down a huge snow cover over much of the central and northern U.S. You can help but think when the "dam breaks" and the pattern changes, we will really go into the deep freeze here. But, it won't happen until at least 10 days from now.
Very difficult temperature forecast for tomorrow as the leading edge of the cold air tries to slip in here. Muscle Shoals could drop into the upper 30s during the day, with 40s north of Birmingham. The mercury should drop to near 50 along I-20 during the day. A few showers are likely, but I don't expect rain to be all that heavy.
We warm right back up this weekend and next week as heights rise.
06Z GFS says no cold air in the January 15-20 time frame, but I still have concern it is wrong. I would not be shocked if much colder air slips in here at some point in that time frame, but a very shallow layer with warmer air on top of it. We will keep waiting and watching.
We just about have the Storm Alert 2005 tour schedule ready to post; hopefully I will have it on here later today or tomorrow. Looks like a very, very good show this year. My man Bill Castle is hard at work on it now.
**Lots of e-mail this morning about a big front page article in the Birmingham News trying to suggest some "storm of the century" next week. I think it is an AP article... not from anyone local. I have no idea what that is about... next week should not be nearly as stormy as this week, although more snow and cold is likely up north.
**Just read the front page article... I still don't understand. Seems like it should have been written one week ago! The big storm is going on right now... next week will be a little calmer. Still cold and unsettled for much of the nation next week, but no historic storms.
on January 5, 2005, 7:22 am
jason did good this moring.
have him fill in on the night shift when you on vaction.
tell jason to e-mail me.
from kevin
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