Cold and Damp

The Wednesday afternoon web video is on the server:

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

Great article by Jason Simpson below this one... we often use those parameters without a good explanation. Very nice job.

Some light rain is now reaching the ground across north Alabama with temperatures in the chilly 40s... almost 20 degrees below normal for this time of the year.

Coming attractions:

*Sprinkles will remain possible through about midnight tonight, and a few snow flakes might mix in over the northern third of the state before ending. Moisture is very limited, so precipitation will remain light.

*Another clipper system will bring more clouds and the chance of a few sprinkles late tomorrow night and Friday morning. Same deal; simply not very much moisture to work with.

*Some weekend changes. Saturday still looks nice with temperatures nearing 60 degrees by mid-afternoon and a decent amount of sunshine, but it now looks like a surface cold front will slip through late Sunday afternoon, and we have introduced the chance of a few showers with this feature. Once again, the moisture will be shallow so rainfall amounts should be light and spotty.

*March 16-17 Storms: Our weather still looks rather wet and potentially stormy toward the middle and end of next week. The latest runs of the GFS suggest more of a heavy rain threat as opposed to a severe threat, but it is still too early to be specific.

Generally speaking the latter half of March looks pretty wet... which you expect this time of the year. March is normally our wettest month of the year...
Posted by   www
on March 9, 2005, 5:35 pm
Interesting radar shot at 5:30 this evening. Notice the blue (snow) showing up from Bham north and east with the heavier precip (maybe sleet in NE Miss) still to come. Bring on the wet snowflakes, haha!!! Hopefully that radar pic will not update when it is clicked on.

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Posted by   www
on March 9, 2005, 5:36 pm
Posted by   www
on March 9, 2005, 5:37 pm