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Today is the 12th day of September, and for most Alabama communities this is the 13th day in a row with no rain. Our last rain in Birmingham came on August 30 when the total was 0.11"; that rain was associated with Hurricane Katrina.
Still looks this will be one of the driest Septembers on record; there is little significant chance of rain for the next 15 days if the GFS is correct. We will mention an outside risk of a shower Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but the best chance will be up north, close to the Tennessee border near a stalled front. That front fizzles out by Sunday and early next week.
We have to wonder if we will get any rain all month.
There is a code orange air quality alert for the Birmingham metro today due to particulate pollution, and temperatures will reach the 90 degree mark in most places. Not exactly a nice "fall day". More like a mid-summer day, but with less humidity. Afternoon temperatures should stay above normal for the next week or so, with highs in the 88 to 92 degree range on most days.
TROPICS: Ophelia has been moving to the west over the past 24 hours, but should turn north, and then northeast later in the week in response to the upper trough now over the northwest U.S. Should move over the Outer Banks of North Carolina in a day or two, and then staying just off the upper Atlantic coast during the rest of the week. The system doesn't look extremely healthy this morning; it is a category one storm and I am not sure it can get much stronger. It has been fighting dry air and cooler water below thanks to upwelling.
Elsewhere the Atlantic basin is pretty quiet.. we will watch a disturbance north of Puerto Rico, and another wave in the central Atlantic near 12N/35W, but that one will probably recurve.
FREDERIC: Enjoyed reading Bill Murray's posts on Frederic, which moved into Mobile Bay on this date in 1979. Wow... that was my first week on Birmingham television. Where have the years gone. I was in Mobile during that storm; I will write a few comments tonight.
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Today is the 12th day of September, and for most Alabama communities this is the 13th day in a row with no rain. Our last rain in Birmingham came on August 30 when the total was 0.11"; that rain was associated with Hurricane Katrina.
Still looks this will be one of the driest Septembers on record; there is little significant chance of rain for the next 15 days if the GFS is correct. We will mention an outside risk of a shower Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but the best chance will be up north, close to the Tennessee border near a stalled front. That front fizzles out by Sunday and early next week.
We have to wonder if we will get any rain all month.
There is a code orange air quality alert for the Birmingham metro today due to particulate pollution, and temperatures will reach the 90 degree mark in most places. Not exactly a nice "fall day". More like a mid-summer day, but with less humidity. Afternoon temperatures should stay above normal for the next week or so, with highs in the 88 to 92 degree range on most days.
TROPICS: Ophelia has been moving to the west over the past 24 hours, but should turn north, and then northeast later in the week in response to the upper trough now over the northwest U.S. Should move over the Outer Banks of North Carolina in a day or two, and then staying just off the upper Atlantic coast during the rest of the week. The system doesn't look extremely healthy this morning; it is a category one storm and I am not sure it can get much stronger. It has been fighting dry air and cooler water below thanks to upwelling.
Elsewhere the Atlantic basin is pretty quiet.. we will watch a disturbance north of Puerto Rico, and another wave in the central Atlantic near 12N/35W, but that one will probably recurve.
FREDERIC: Enjoyed reading Bill Murray's posts on Frederic, which moved into Mobile Bay on this date in 1979. Wow... that was my first week on Birmingham television. Where have the years gone. I was in Mobile during that storm; I will write a few comments tonight.
on September 12, 2005, 12:46 pm
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