The Friday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
This long dry spell will get longer. Today will be the 9th day in a row with no rain for most of Alabama, and it is beginning to look like we will have no rain for at least the next seven days. Quite frankly, the GFS shows no rain here for the next 15 days.
A quick peek at the records shows the driest September on record in Birmingham came in 1897 when only 1.02" was measured. That is followed closely by 1.03" in 1963 and 1.05" in 1970 and 1898. Looks like September 2005 has a real chance of becoming one of the driest on record here.
Rising heights will also mean hotter afternoons in coming days with low 90s likely; about five degrees above normal for this time of the year. Nights will remain relatively pleasant.
TROPICS: Nate and Maria are weakening as they move up into the north Atlantic.
Looks more and more like we see no moisture from Ophelia. And, model agreement is much, much better this morning. A number of the models loop the system out in the Atlantic and bring her to the south Atlantic coast early next week. Seems like the ridge weakens enough to keep Ophelia out of the Gulf of Mexico now.
Most of the models take the storm into the coast somewhere between Jacksonville and Charleston in the Monday to Tuesday time frame. This thing could very well be a category two or three hurricane at the time of landfall; the moisture will be picked up by the westerlies and carried northeast up the Atlantic coast once inland.
THANKS: Wow... our telethon last night on ABC 33/40 generated about $400,000 in only two hours thanks to your phone calls and response. And, add the amount from the Compass Bank/Red Cross "Neighbors In Need" fund from donations in recent days... it brings the complete amount raised to just under one million dollars. I have never been involved in any telethon where the phones never, and I mean never, stopped ringing. It took everyone's breath away.
Don't forget... there is still a serious need for blood donations as well.
A busy day today but I will be back in the office and have an afternoon update and post ready by 3:30!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
This long dry spell will get longer. Today will be the 9th day in a row with no rain for most of Alabama, and it is beginning to look like we will have no rain for at least the next seven days. Quite frankly, the GFS shows no rain here for the next 15 days.
A quick peek at the records shows the driest September on record in Birmingham came in 1897 when only 1.02" was measured. That is followed closely by 1.03" in 1963 and 1.05" in 1970 and 1898. Looks like September 2005 has a real chance of becoming one of the driest on record here.
Rising heights will also mean hotter afternoons in coming days with low 90s likely; about five degrees above normal for this time of the year. Nights will remain relatively pleasant.
TROPICS: Nate and Maria are weakening as they move up into the north Atlantic.
Looks more and more like we see no moisture from Ophelia. And, model agreement is much, much better this morning. A number of the models loop the system out in the Atlantic and bring her to the south Atlantic coast early next week. Seems like the ridge weakens enough to keep Ophelia out of the Gulf of Mexico now.
Most of the models take the storm into the coast somewhere between Jacksonville and Charleston in the Monday to Tuesday time frame. This thing could very well be a category two or three hurricane at the time of landfall; the moisture will be picked up by the westerlies and carried northeast up the Atlantic coast once inland.
THANKS: Wow... our telethon last night on ABC 33/40 generated about $400,000 in only two hours thanks to your phone calls and response. And, add the amount from the Compass Bank/Red Cross "Neighbors In Need" fund from donations in recent days... it brings the complete amount raised to just under one million dollars. I have never been involved in any telethon where the phones never, and I mean never, stopped ringing. It took everyone's breath away.
Don't forget... there is still a serious need for blood donations as well.
A busy day today but I will be back in the office and have an afternoon update and post ready by 3:30!
on September 9, 2005, 6:32 am
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on September 9, 2005, 7:37 am
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