Something For Everyone

The Tuesday morning video is on the server:

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

We do really have something for everyone in this forecast package. But again, let me say up front, this is a difficult forecast with lots of error potential in both the short term and the long term. But, we must wade into the water anyway. Here we go:

*MILD TODAY: We should top 70 again today, and we will be watching for more strong storms during the peak of the daytime heat. Today the best chance of them will be along and south of I-20. SPC now has a slight risk of central Alabama, mostly along and south of I-20.

*MID-WEEK RAIN: The models are much more agressive with the next impulse coming through, with rain becoming widespread tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. We probably need to hit the rain a little harder during the day tomorrow. Most of the rain should be over by early Thursday morning.

*WEEKEND: While the GFS is mostly dry, the European develops a significant storm in the northern Gulf, which would suggest wet weather here on Sunday and Monday. I like the European concept, and we continue to mention some rain on Sunday, becoming more likely Sunday night into Monday morning.

*NEXT WEEK: I still expect a pretty good cold snap during the first week of March. The European has some -30 C air at 850 mb over Canada dropping south. And, there are a wide variety of storm systems and waves showing up on the various models runs, I don't even want to go there right now. It is all we can do to figure out the short term precipitation in this kind of pattern. But, snow fans, we have seen several good set ups for the deep south AT TIMES. There is simply no way we can resolve details in this kind of pattern in the long range. The forecast will remain challenging to say the least.

*STORM ALERT 2005: Don't forget we will be n Oxford this Thursday night at 7:00 at the Oxford Civic Center. Bring the whole family and get there early for a good seat!