The Friday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Coolest temperature I have seen so far this morning is 49 up at Decatur... J.B. will run a full list of morning lows here a little later. Really feels good out there. But, the cool air won't last long as temperatures and humidity values will increase over the weekend.
I still think most places will be dry over the weekend. We have a slight risk of a shower in the forecast package for tomorrow and Sunday, but the chance of any one spot getting wet is only about one in ten. The impressive vort max on satellite images this morning over the southwest U.S. will move well north of Alabama as it dampens out.
NEXT WEEK: Monday and Tuesday should be warm and dry. The GFS now shows moisture moving in here from the east on Wednesday, which would mean increasing clouds and maybe some rain if the model is correct. Then, a front moves in here on Thursday which might bring a shower, and then some cooler air by Friday. The GFS shows the front stalling near Montgomery... which means that cool air shot probably won't last long either. But then again shots of cool air are not supposed to last long around here in October. The season is very young.
TROPICS: We have a new hurricane over in the eastern Pacific... hurricane OTIS. All I can do is think of Andy, Barney, and that jail cell. Actually some moisture from Otis could bring the risk of heavy rain to the southwest U.S. by early next week.
Our wave in the Caribbean is still having a hard time getting its act together. I still think this one becomes tropical storm Stan, and the models have shifted northward. The GFS takes it toward Brownsville, Texas early next week so we will need to keep an eye on it.
Will have the next video update ready by 3:30 today.... enjoy your Friday!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Coolest temperature I have seen so far this morning is 49 up at Decatur... J.B. will run a full list of morning lows here a little later. Really feels good out there. But, the cool air won't last long as temperatures and humidity values will increase over the weekend.
I still think most places will be dry over the weekend. We have a slight risk of a shower in the forecast package for tomorrow and Sunday, but the chance of any one spot getting wet is only about one in ten. The impressive vort max on satellite images this morning over the southwest U.S. will move well north of Alabama as it dampens out.
NEXT WEEK: Monday and Tuesday should be warm and dry. The GFS now shows moisture moving in here from the east on Wednesday, which would mean increasing clouds and maybe some rain if the model is correct. Then, a front moves in here on Thursday which might bring a shower, and then some cooler air by Friday. The GFS shows the front stalling near Montgomery... which means that cool air shot probably won't last long either. But then again shots of cool air are not supposed to last long around here in October. The season is very young.
TROPICS: We have a new hurricane over in the eastern Pacific... hurricane OTIS. All I can do is think of Andy, Barney, and that jail cell. Actually some moisture from Otis could bring the risk of heavy rain to the southwest U.S. by early next week.
Our wave in the Caribbean is still having a hard time getting its act together. I still think this one becomes tropical storm Stan, and the models have shifted northward. The GFS takes it toward Brownsville, Texas early next week so we will need to keep an eye on it.
Will have the next video update ready by 3:30 today.... enjoy your Friday!