The Tuesday afternoon web video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Had a good time speaking today to the senior adults down in Pea Ridge in rural Shelby county. And yes, there are rural sections of Shelby county. Pea Ridge is one of the higher places in the county, and is in the general area between Alabaster and West Blocton. Thanks for the hospitality and the great lunch! I took the long way back home, and drove through Marvel and then across the Canaha River into West Blocton, and then back to the station via I-59/20 and I-459. Had to use the air conditioning on the way back!
Here are the highlights for the next 15 days:
*We are watching the newly developed thunderstorms just south of Birmingham along the surface boundary. Some of these could produce some small hail this evening, but they should weaken rather quickly after the sun goes down.
*A nice disturbance aloft will bring widespread rain to Alabama beginning tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow night. Some spots could see amounts over one inch before the rain tapers off by midday Thursday. A few embedded thunderstorms are possible, but the air should be rather stable and we don't expect any severe weather problems.
*Our weather should be dry and cool on Friday and Saturday with the rain remaining near the Gulf coast. However, I expect to see some rain around here by Sunday and Monday of next week with an overrunning pattern developing. The GFS looks pretty dry, but I don't like the way it looks.
*The 12Z run of the GFS wants to hold the cold air north of Alabama until a major storm passes through here about Wednesday or Thursday of next week (March 2-3). The pattern after that looks chilly, and maybe even very cold. Once again, like I wrote here this morning there is no way to resolve details this far in advance. But, for the snow lovers, I think you will have at least one more decent chance of getting a little action before spring arrives, and it should be in that March 2-10 time frame. Will be a fun pattern to forecast.
J.B.'s afternoon forecast package has arrived as I was writing this; I will post to the seven day forecast and discussion page in minutes...
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Had a good time speaking today to the senior adults down in Pea Ridge in rural Shelby county. And yes, there are rural sections of Shelby county. Pea Ridge is one of the higher places in the county, and is in the general area between Alabaster and West Blocton. Thanks for the hospitality and the great lunch! I took the long way back home, and drove through Marvel and then across the Canaha River into West Blocton, and then back to the station via I-59/20 and I-459. Had to use the air conditioning on the way back!
Here are the highlights for the next 15 days:
*We are watching the newly developed thunderstorms just south of Birmingham along the surface boundary. Some of these could produce some small hail this evening, but they should weaken rather quickly after the sun goes down.
*A nice disturbance aloft will bring widespread rain to Alabama beginning tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow night. Some spots could see amounts over one inch before the rain tapers off by midday Thursday. A few embedded thunderstorms are possible, but the air should be rather stable and we don't expect any severe weather problems.
*Our weather should be dry and cool on Friday and Saturday with the rain remaining near the Gulf coast. However, I expect to see some rain around here by Sunday and Monday of next week with an overrunning pattern developing. The GFS looks pretty dry, but I don't like the way it looks.
*The 12Z run of the GFS wants to hold the cold air north of Alabama until a major storm passes through here about Wednesday or Thursday of next week (March 2-3). The pattern after that looks chilly, and maybe even very cold. Once again, like I wrote here this morning there is no way to resolve details this far in advance. But, for the snow lovers, I think you will have at least one more decent chance of getting a little action before spring arrives, and it should be in that March 2-10 time frame. Will be a fun pattern to forecast.
J.B.'s afternoon forecast package has arrived as I was writing this; I will post to the seven day forecast and discussion page in minutes...
on February 22, 2005, 2:44 pm
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