The Wednesday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Anyone remember this Beach Boys song?
"I’ll dreams of her arms
And though they’re not real
Just like she’s still there
The way that I feel
I loved like the warmth of the sun
(warmth of the sun)
It won’t ever die
(it won’t ever die)"
Not one of their biggest hits... but I think we will all anjoy the warmth of the sun today. The GFS has a high of 73 today, the NAM 74, and the great Alabama weather legend J.B. Elliott is forecasting 76. You go, J.B. That 76 sure sounds good to me. No rain today with a partly sunny sky and a nice southwest breeze.
COLD FRONT AHEAD: A cold front slips in here tomorrow evening. The chance of significant rain with that front sure looks small; many Alabama communities won't see a drop. But, it will bring temperatures down a good 10 degrees on Friday and Saturday. In fact, the models are a little more robust on the cooling; looks like highs on Friday/Saturday will be somewhere in the 58 to 62 degree range, and a chance we go down in the mid 30s Saturday morning.
WEEKEND PEEK: The weekend should be mostly dry. Another front moves in here Sunday evening, but like the one come in here late tomorrow rain should be light and spotty. Another shot of colder air moves in here early next week; the 00Z GFS backs off on the degree of cooling, but I think for now we need to leave our forecast along with 20s possible by early Tuesday morning. We will take a look at the 12Z runs and adjust as possible.
ACTIVE PATTERN: Mid-March looks active. One wave bring a chance of rain and storms to the state around March 10. Maybe some strong to severe storms with that feature. But, the second wave coming at us around March 12 looks stronger and could bring the first significant severe weather threat to the Deep South this season. You have to wonder if our 8 year string of quiet spring tornado seasons will come to an end this year.
The GFS has backed off on the idea of a flood of very cold air over the eastern U.S. March 15-16, but that will probably flip and flop again. Way out there in voodoo land.
THANKS: Another packed house last night for the Storm Alert tour in Northport. Thanks to Mayor Harvey Fretwell and the City of Northport for being great hosts, and to YOU for coming. We have met thousands of Alabamians this year on the tour. If you missed the show, we will be doing a prime time special on Sunday March 26 (at 6:00 p.m.) that will feature all of the video elements we used this year.
WEATHER BRAINS: This week's episode of Weather Brains is on the server and available by RSS:
http://www.weatherbrains.com/
David Black, J.B. Elliott, and Bill Murray have the show this week since we were at the Storm Alert show last night when it was taped. It is probably the best episode ever! I will be listening this morning on my iPod.
I will have the next map discussion video and discussion ready by 3:30 today... enjoy the first day of March!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Anyone remember this Beach Boys song?
"I’ll dreams of her arms
And though they’re not real
Just like she’s still there
The way that I feel
I loved like the warmth of the sun
(warmth of the sun)
It won’t ever die
(it won’t ever die)"
Not one of their biggest hits... but I think we will all anjoy the warmth of the sun today. The GFS has a high of 73 today, the NAM 74, and the great Alabama weather legend J.B. Elliott is forecasting 76. You go, J.B. That 76 sure sounds good to me. No rain today with a partly sunny sky and a nice southwest breeze.
COLD FRONT AHEAD: A cold front slips in here tomorrow evening. The chance of significant rain with that front sure looks small; many Alabama communities won't see a drop. But, it will bring temperatures down a good 10 degrees on Friday and Saturday. In fact, the models are a little more robust on the cooling; looks like highs on Friday/Saturday will be somewhere in the 58 to 62 degree range, and a chance we go down in the mid 30s Saturday morning.
WEEKEND PEEK: The weekend should be mostly dry. Another front moves in here Sunday evening, but like the one come in here late tomorrow rain should be light and spotty. Another shot of colder air moves in here early next week; the 00Z GFS backs off on the degree of cooling, but I think for now we need to leave our forecast along with 20s possible by early Tuesday morning. We will take a look at the 12Z runs and adjust as possible.
ACTIVE PATTERN: Mid-March looks active. One wave bring a chance of rain and storms to the state around March 10. Maybe some strong to severe storms with that feature. But, the second wave coming at us around March 12 looks stronger and could bring the first significant severe weather threat to the Deep South this season. You have to wonder if our 8 year string of quiet spring tornado seasons will come to an end this year.
The GFS has backed off on the idea of a flood of very cold air over the eastern U.S. March 15-16, but that will probably flip and flop again. Way out there in voodoo land.
THANKS: Another packed house last night for the Storm Alert tour in Northport. Thanks to Mayor Harvey Fretwell and the City of Northport for being great hosts, and to YOU for coming. We have met thousands of Alabamians this year on the tour. If you missed the show, we will be doing a prime time special on Sunday March 26 (at 6:00 p.m.) that will feature all of the video elements we used this year.
WEATHER BRAINS: This week's episode of Weather Brains is on the server and available by RSS:
http://www.weatherbrains.com/
David Black, J.B. Elliott, and Bill Murray have the show this week since we were at the Storm Alert show last night when it was taped. It is probably the best episode ever! I will be listening this morning on my iPod.
I will have the next map discussion video and discussion ready by 3:30 today... enjoy the first day of March!
on March 1, 2006, 6:30 am
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