The Thursday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Sure looks like we are headed back into the 70 to 75 degree range this afternoon as the spring-like weather continues.
A cold front will pass through tonight, we believe in dry fashion for most places, and will serve to drop daytime temperatures 10 to 15 degrees tomorrow and Saturday. Daytime highs will be close to 60, and we will be near the freezing mark early Saturday morning. But, the cooler air is very dry and we will enjoy lots of sunshine on both days.
A weak clipper type system will pass through Sunday night and Monday, bringing a few clouds, but once again the chance of any significant rain looks pretty small. And, the amount of cooling behind that feature looks less impressive, and I think we can bump afternoon temperatures back up into the 60s on Monday and Tuesday if the trend continues.
MARCH MADNESS: While the weather during the next seven days looks rather benign, things might get wild and crezy here in the March 10-20 time frame, featuring severe weather potential and a chance of a big late season cold snap.
As you might expect, the GFS is having a hard time handling details, and run to run consistency is not good. But, it looks like the first impulse will bring a severe weather threat to areas northwest of Alabama around March 8-10, places like Tulsa, Kansas City, Shreveport, and Little Rock will deal with a significant severe weather threat.
Then, our turn should come a few days later, sometime around March 11-13 the next impulse should set up a severe weather risk perhaps as far east as Alabama.
A long wave, full latitude upper trough forms over the central U.S., and will pull down some pretty cold air into the nation. This cold air should move into Alabama in the March 15-18 time frame. There will be some potential for a storm running from the northern Gulf over to the Atlantic coast. Late season winter storm threat? Stranger things have happened in mid-March.
No need to get cute this early in the game with details... we lets get the players in the game and on the maps, and we will watch it all unfold. Sure looks like some interesting times here during the mid-month period.
TODAY: I will be speaking today at the Youth Leadership Forum on the campus of the University of Alabama down in Tuscaloosa, but I will be back in time for a map discussion video by 3:30.
TOMORROW: I have a travel day tomorrow; I will be on the campus of Mississippi State University for the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium. If you love weather and want to learn more about severe storms, I really recommend you come over and join us. As we do every year, J.B. and I will enjoy a 5:00 a.m. breakfast at the Waffle House near the ABC 33/40 studio, and then we will be off to Starkville. I will try to get Brian Peters to crank out a map discussion video if he is available tomorrow. I will have my laptop and will send a series of blog posts from MSU tomorrow and Saturday.
Learn more about the symposium here:
http://www.msstate.edu/org/nwa/symposium.htm
Have a great day and enjoy the warmth!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Sure looks like we are headed back into the 70 to 75 degree range this afternoon as the spring-like weather continues.
A cold front will pass through tonight, we believe in dry fashion for most places, and will serve to drop daytime temperatures 10 to 15 degrees tomorrow and Saturday. Daytime highs will be close to 60, and we will be near the freezing mark early Saturday morning. But, the cooler air is very dry and we will enjoy lots of sunshine on both days.
A weak clipper type system will pass through Sunday night and Monday, bringing a few clouds, but once again the chance of any significant rain looks pretty small. And, the amount of cooling behind that feature looks less impressive, and I think we can bump afternoon temperatures back up into the 60s on Monday and Tuesday if the trend continues.
MARCH MADNESS: While the weather during the next seven days looks rather benign, things might get wild and crezy here in the March 10-20 time frame, featuring severe weather potential and a chance of a big late season cold snap.
As you might expect, the GFS is having a hard time handling details, and run to run consistency is not good. But, it looks like the first impulse will bring a severe weather threat to areas northwest of Alabama around March 8-10, places like Tulsa, Kansas City, Shreveport, and Little Rock will deal with a significant severe weather threat.
Then, our turn should come a few days later, sometime around March 11-13 the next impulse should set up a severe weather risk perhaps as far east as Alabama.
A long wave, full latitude upper trough forms over the central U.S., and will pull down some pretty cold air into the nation. This cold air should move into Alabama in the March 15-18 time frame. There will be some potential for a storm running from the northern Gulf over to the Atlantic coast. Late season winter storm threat? Stranger things have happened in mid-March.
No need to get cute this early in the game with details... we lets get the players in the game and on the maps, and we will watch it all unfold. Sure looks like some interesting times here during the mid-month period.
TODAY: I will be speaking today at the Youth Leadership Forum on the campus of the University of Alabama down in Tuscaloosa, but I will be back in time for a map discussion video by 3:30.
TOMORROW: I have a travel day tomorrow; I will be on the campus of Mississippi State University for the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium. If you love weather and want to learn more about severe storms, I really recommend you come over and join us. As we do every year, J.B. and I will enjoy a 5:00 a.m. breakfast at the Waffle House near the ABC 33/40 studio, and then we will be off to Starkville. I will try to get Brian Peters to crank out a map discussion video if he is available tomorrow. I will have my laptop and will send a series of blog posts from MSU tomorrow and Saturday.
Learn more about the symposium here:
http://www.msstate.edu/org/nwa/symposium.htm
Have a great day and enjoy the warmth!
on March 2, 2006, 6:35 am
For those who have not listened to this weeks "weatherbrains" I would encourage you to do so . Some really good stuff by J.B. , Bill , and David !
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