No Dull Days Here

The Wednesday morning web video update is on the server:

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

For people who love weather, this is a great time of the year. The changes are non-stop, and in March you can have everything from snow and ice to severe weather to flooding, and of course, to a beautiful day.

First off don't forget tonight is our final Storm Alert 2005 show of the year; we will be at Mountaintop Community Church in Vestavia at 7:00; hope to see you there.

And, the Southeast Severe Storm Symposium is this weekend over at Mississippi State; if you really love weather and want to learn more this is a great opportunity. I have been a part of this since the beginning four years ago, and it keeps getting bigger and better. Here is more info:

http://www.msstate.edu/org/nwa/symposium.htm

On the docket:

*GULF STORM TOMORROW: All of the models are beginning to agree that the precipitation shield will mostly stay south of us late tonight and tomorrow morning. We can probably remove the chance of light rain or snow flakes, but it might be wise to leave in a few sprinkles just in case.

*SATURDAY CLIPPER: The Alberta clipper on Saturday will swing a cold front down here Saturday night. Once again, precipitation, if any, should be very light due to limited moisture.

*BIG STORM EARLY NEXT WEEK? The models are locking in to a strong storm that is forecast to be south of Phoenix over the weekend. This feature kicks out, and is forecast to phase with a northern branch system to produce a powerful storm somewhere over the southern U.S. early next week. This might bring some heavy rain, maybe even strong thunderstorms, to Alabama. And, once it passes, another shot of unusually cold air for March. We could very well go well below freezing again at some point toward the middle or end of next week.

Any snow possibility? Anytime it gets really cold in March you have to watch for that, but for now there is nothing that really screams snow to us in the maps. The 06Z GFS suggests a change to snow on the back side of the departing storm, but that rarely causes any problems here.

Too early to be specific on the details of the storm system early next week, but it could be a dynamic one and it will be very interesting to see how it evolves!