The Friday afternoon map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
A logistical note... we have pointed the domains alabamwx.com and birminghamwx.com to this blog... makes it easy to get here if you want to use them.
WETNESS: Wow... I actually had to turn on the windshield wipers coming in from my talk today at the Alpine Baptist Church down in Talladega County. At my place in Shelby County the rain bucket shows 0.28" as I write this note... parts of west Alabama have received much more, but some spots have had no rain at all. See J.B.'s posts here today for the latest on the showers and storms.
WEEKEND: The weekend still looks dry. The models have backed off on the degree of cooling; both the NAM and the GFS shows highs not too far from 90 both tomorrow and Sunday. I still think we get well down in the low 60s early Sunday morning, with some 50s in the cooler valleys.
NEXT WEEK: Dry and very warm for most of next week as high pressure aloft takes over. Nights will be pleasant.
THE LONG RANGE: Nice to see the 12Z GFS bring the long wave trough over the eastern U.S. more to the south at the end of the month; that gives us renewed hope for a nice shot of cooler air around the first of October. Unfortunately, not many opportunities for rain for Alabama during the latter half of the month.
TROPICS: Ophelia is moving northeast just off the Atlantic coast... it will brush Cape Cod over the weekend and then finally will be long gone.
Two systems to watch farther out in the Atlantic basin...
One is northeast of Puerto Rico. The GFS continues to show a track westward across the southern tip of Florida, the southern Gulf of Mexico, and into the Mexican coast in about 5 to 6 days. If this track is correct it will not be an issue for the central Gulf coast.
The other wave is about 500 miles east of the Windward Islands. The models have shifted south, and take this into the Caribbean and toward Hispaniola early next week. This might be a problem down the road for our friends down in south Florida.
We will watch both of them closely in coming days. The hurricane season is far from over.
Thanks to the senior adults down at Alpine Baptist Church today... two very nice cakes to take home! That church was established in 1832 and is the oldest church in Talladega county. A beautiful building in a very peaceful place.
Have a great weekend... spend some time with your family and have a few laughs together.
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
A logistical note... we have pointed the domains alabamwx.com and birminghamwx.com to this blog... makes it easy to get here if you want to use them.
WETNESS: Wow... I actually had to turn on the windshield wipers coming in from my talk today at the Alpine Baptist Church down in Talladega County. At my place in Shelby County the rain bucket shows 0.28" as I write this note... parts of west Alabama have received much more, but some spots have had no rain at all. See J.B.'s posts here today for the latest on the showers and storms.
WEEKEND: The weekend still looks dry. The models have backed off on the degree of cooling; both the NAM and the GFS shows highs not too far from 90 both tomorrow and Sunday. I still think we get well down in the low 60s early Sunday morning, with some 50s in the cooler valleys.
NEXT WEEK: Dry and very warm for most of next week as high pressure aloft takes over. Nights will be pleasant.
THE LONG RANGE: Nice to see the 12Z GFS bring the long wave trough over the eastern U.S. more to the south at the end of the month; that gives us renewed hope for a nice shot of cooler air around the first of October. Unfortunately, not many opportunities for rain for Alabama during the latter half of the month.
TROPICS: Ophelia is moving northeast just off the Atlantic coast... it will brush Cape Cod over the weekend and then finally will be long gone.
Two systems to watch farther out in the Atlantic basin...
One is northeast of Puerto Rico. The GFS continues to show a track westward across the southern tip of Florida, the southern Gulf of Mexico, and into the Mexican coast in about 5 to 6 days. If this track is correct it will not be an issue for the central Gulf coast.
The other wave is about 500 miles east of the Windward Islands. The models have shifted south, and take this into the Caribbean and toward Hispaniola early next week. This might be a problem down the road for our friends down in south Florida.
We will watch both of them closely in coming days. The hurricane season is far from over.
Thanks to the senior adults down at Alpine Baptist Church today... two very nice cakes to take home! That church was established in 1832 and is the oldest church in Talladega county. A beautiful building in a very peaceful place.
Have a great weekend... spend some time with your family and have a few laughs together.