Here in Helena just before 5:30 pm, I've recorded almost half an inch of rain - a good, soaking rain. Brings my monthly total to just over 2 inches.
Radar continued to show a band of light to moderate rain from an east-west line just north of Birmingham to another east-west line at Montgomery. From my earlier post, the band of rain has slowly drifted southward. And temperatures have been quite chilly. My air temperature has been hovering around 44 degrees for almost 6 hours today. Dewpoint temperature has come up to 40 degrees. Temperatures are about 8 degrees warmer north and south of the rain band with 70-degree readings along the coast.
Meanwhile, a lone tornado warning was in effect for two counties in the San Angelo, Texas, county warning area - Schleicher and Crockett counties. Spotters were reporting a strongly rotating cloud with the storm, and the radar presentation was quite impressive. Reflectivity values were at the top of the scale, so there is also a strong possibility there is large hail with that storm, too.
Flash flood warnings were in effect for heavy rains in and around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. And slightly further north in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri, winter storm warnings were in effect for tonight. And there was a string of winter storm watches eastward across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. So that strong storm system coming out of the Southern Rockies was wreaking havoc with a lot of territory.
A warm front appeared to stretch just offshore along the Gulf Coast with 60-degree dewpoints in southern Louisiana. Gulf coast region had seen some breaks in the clouds today with temperatures running around 70 in many coastal locations.
We'll be watching this storm system and especially the movement of the warm front to see what impact it will have for Central Alabama tomorrow.
-Brian-
Radar continued to show a band of light to moderate rain from an east-west line just north of Birmingham to another east-west line at Montgomery. From my earlier post, the band of rain has slowly drifted southward. And temperatures have been quite chilly. My air temperature has been hovering around 44 degrees for almost 6 hours today. Dewpoint temperature has come up to 40 degrees. Temperatures are about 8 degrees warmer north and south of the rain band with 70-degree readings along the coast.
Meanwhile, a lone tornado warning was in effect for two counties in the San Angelo, Texas, county warning area - Schleicher and Crockett counties. Spotters were reporting a strongly rotating cloud with the storm, and the radar presentation was quite impressive. Reflectivity values were at the top of the scale, so there is also a strong possibility there is large hail with that storm, too.
Flash flood warnings were in effect for heavy rains in and around the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. And slightly further north in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Missouri, winter storm warnings were in effect for tonight. And there was a string of winter storm watches eastward across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. So that strong storm system coming out of the Southern Rockies was wreaking havoc with a lot of territory.
A warm front appeared to stretch just offshore along the Gulf Coast with 60-degree dewpoints in southern Louisiana. Gulf coast region had seen some breaks in the clouds today with temperatures running around 70 in many coastal locations.
We'll be watching this storm system and especially the movement of the warm front to see what impact it will have for Central Alabama tomorrow.
-Brian-
on March 19, 2006, 7:00 pm
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