Headed To The Great North

The Thursday afternoon video is on the server:

http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb

The great north, in this case, is Cullman county. We take Storm Alert 2005 to Hanceville tonight... we will be in the auditorium at Wallace State Community College. The entrance is right on U.S. 31... just about 8 miles south of Cullman. We expect a big crowd so get down there by 6:30 or so to get a seat. We are looking forward to it.

Posted a little early today with the show tonight ahead, but we have all of the 12Z data in house.

Not many changes:

*Maybe a little colder tonight than we forecast this morning. Looks like most places wind up in the mid 20s by daybreak tomorrow... with a range between 20 and 30 from valleys to ridge tops. The surface high should be overhead by daybreak, so the wind should be light. The sky condition will pretty much determine how low we go.

*Cool and dry weather continues through Saturday, and we bring in the chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday. Stalled surface front and pesky southwest flow aloft means an extended period of wet weather. It will be very hard to time out individual rain episodes, but it sure looks like there will be some chance of rain just about every day from February 20-25.

*GFS still advertising a nice cold snap at the end of February and the beginning of March. Will be interesting to see how we get there, but it looks pretty cold at this point.

Watch the video for the details... am packing up now for tonight's show. We will be flying in Air Link 33/40... the actual trip will take only about 20 minutes from our Riverchase studio. Not much traffic at 2,500 feet!

Posted by   www
on February 18, 2005, 1:04 am
Well Rusty I doubt my using the word superstorm in any way influenced James but IF it does get cold in the eastern US around March 1st (before, during or after) it might be cool to see how it happens. Or as James says how we get there. All joking aside I never trust the specifics on storm tracks and even cold air on the GFS beyond 3 days but I do believe it can give us a good general idea sometimes under 7 days. Voodoo-land is another story. I just wanted to make everyone's mood a little better yesterday by mentioning what 1 run showed. I love my job I have now but I honestly wish I had graduated in 2000 in meteorology.

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on February 18, 2005, 8:32 am
you know Chris , I enjoy weather and really enjoy bad weather. Don't get me wrong , I hate the way in which it destroys lives and property , but just the dynamics of it really intrigues me. I am planning on attending a storm spotters meeting next week , and am in the process of putting up a weather station at my house. I have thought about changing my major, and yes , I am 32 and a sophomore in college . I spent 10 years in the Marines. I had some met training in the Marines. I was in Fire Direction control for an artillery Bn. , and the wind directions play havoc on a 95 pound projectile traveling up to 20 miles away ... And yes , I love to look out there and try to see the patterns and make my own predictions .. Just to see how close I am ..... All Fun ...

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