Time of lighten up a bit after a long pressure-packed Wednesday. I don't get uptight during weather events like yesterday but I do get tired after going at it almost 15 hours. But I was not the only one in our weather group that had long sleepless hours. Goes with the occupation...
* 10 hours is how much sleep I got last night in two parts. That is too much. I don't know how to handle 10 hours of sleep. My planned 30-minute power nap in my (er...Molly's) recliner early in the evening turned into a 4-hour passing out. Little Miss Molly was curled up sound asleep on the foot-rest against my feet the entire time.
* 6 more hours of sleep in the big bed between 11 pm and 5 am. So, I feel great today, although feeling a little guilty.
* 5 inches is the heaviest rainfall amount I found in the last 24 hours in Alabama. It occurred at the R.F. Henry Lock and Dam on the Alabama River. Many other locations received over two inches. (See the list at the end of this report)
* 0 is how many times I played with Little Miss Molly yesterday. When she got up this mornig, I was headed from the kitchen back to my office with cup of coffee no. 3 and a snack. She grabbed one of her new balls that we just bought for her and blocked my path. She gave me the longest, cold stare I have ever seen from her. A wave of guilt swept over me, so I put down the coffee and snack and had a quick game with her. Never seen her so excited. I believe that little girl keeps a time-card on me with a list of how many times I play.
* 112 was the USA high in Laredo yesterday. South Texas is still dry.
* 103 was the high in Corpus Christi. Drought and heat are first cousins. They go hand-in-hand. Corpus has only received 1.72 inches of rain this year. The normal by now is well over 8 inches.
* 17 was the lowest in the Lower 48 this morning at Big Piney, in Western Wyoming.
* 3 inches is the average amount of snow expected tonight through Friday near the shore of Lake Superior in Upper Michigan. The high today will only be about 38 with winds gusting as high as 50 mph at times.
* 100 below zero is the lowest temperature I could find in the whole wide world today. At Vostok, Antarctica. Winter is still over a month away.
* 79 was the water temperature at a floating data buoy in the Gulf of Mexico some 200 land miles south of the Louisiana Coast this morning. Have an idea the Gulf of Mexico is going to be watched more closely than anytime in history this summer. A good part of the GOM has water temperatures 80 and slightly above already.
Here is a more complete list of Alabama rainfall in the last 24 hours. Remember, the total for the last two days is a lot higher in some areas:
5.00 inches at R.F. Henry Lock & Dam on the Alabama River
0.98 at Birmingham Airport
1.05 at Anniston Airport
1.66 at Shelby County Airport (NWS Office)
0.58 at Cullman Airport (Vinemont)
0.75 at Huntsville Airport
0.58 at Mobile (they still have a big deficit for the year)
2.01 atMontgomery
1.42 at Tuscaloosa Airport
1.01 in Pinson
2.30 in Selma
1.40 in Ashland
1.70 in Alexander City
1.44 at Smith Dam
1.15 at Ashville
1.76 in North Auburn
1.22 at Logan Martin Dam
1.44 in Blountsville
1.72 at Bankhead Lock and Dam
1.73 at Blount Springs
1.35 at Childersburg
1.56 at Clanton
1.77 at Lay Dam
0.92 at Collisville
1.21 at Cordova
1.56 at Carbon Hill
2.22 at Yates Dam
1.72 at Gaylesville
1.59 at Horseshoe Bend
2.66 at Haleyville (several streets closed/flash-flooding)
1.59 at Jasper
1.38 in Oneonta
1.65 at Sayre
1.32 at Sylacauga
1.71 at Holt (East edge of Tuscaloosa)
2.37 at Martin Dam
2.47 at Mitchell Dam
2.66 at Jordan Dam
2.69 at Atmore
2.83 on Dauphin Island
3.31 in Thomasville
2.40 at Livingston
2.30 in Selma
2.12 at Oliver Dam (Tuscaloosa)
If you find any TYPOS, please overlook--too much sleep...but life goes on...
* 10 hours is how much sleep I got last night in two parts. That is too much. I don't know how to handle 10 hours of sleep. My planned 30-minute power nap in my (er...Molly's) recliner early in the evening turned into a 4-hour passing out. Little Miss Molly was curled up sound asleep on the foot-rest against my feet the entire time.
* 6 more hours of sleep in the big bed between 11 pm and 5 am. So, I feel great today, although feeling a little guilty.
* 5 inches is the heaviest rainfall amount I found in the last 24 hours in Alabama. It occurred at the R.F. Henry Lock and Dam on the Alabama River. Many other locations received over two inches. (See the list at the end of this report)
* 0 is how many times I played with Little Miss Molly yesterday. When she got up this mornig, I was headed from the kitchen back to my office with cup of coffee no. 3 and a snack. She grabbed one of her new balls that we just bought for her and blocked my path. She gave me the longest, cold stare I have ever seen from her. A wave of guilt swept over me, so I put down the coffee and snack and had a quick game with her. Never seen her so excited. I believe that little girl keeps a time-card on me with a list of how many times I play.
* 112 was the USA high in Laredo yesterday. South Texas is still dry.
* 103 was the high in Corpus Christi. Drought and heat are first cousins. They go hand-in-hand. Corpus has only received 1.72 inches of rain this year. The normal by now is well over 8 inches.
* 17 was the lowest in the Lower 48 this morning at Big Piney, in Western Wyoming.
* 3 inches is the average amount of snow expected tonight through Friday near the shore of Lake Superior in Upper Michigan. The high today will only be about 38 with winds gusting as high as 50 mph at times.
* 100 below zero is the lowest temperature I could find in the whole wide world today. At Vostok, Antarctica. Winter is still over a month away.
* 79 was the water temperature at a floating data buoy in the Gulf of Mexico some 200 land miles south of the Louisiana Coast this morning. Have an idea the Gulf of Mexico is going to be watched more closely than anytime in history this summer. A good part of the GOM has water temperatures 80 and slightly above already.
Here is a more complete list of Alabama rainfall in the last 24 hours. Remember, the total for the last two days is a lot higher in some areas:
5.00 inches at R.F. Henry Lock & Dam on the Alabama River
0.98 at Birmingham Airport
1.05 at Anniston Airport
1.66 at Shelby County Airport (NWS Office)
0.58 at Cullman Airport (Vinemont)
0.75 at Huntsville Airport
0.58 at Mobile (they still have a big deficit for the year)
2.01 atMontgomery
1.42 at Tuscaloosa Airport
1.01 in Pinson
2.30 in Selma
1.40 in Ashland
1.70 in Alexander City
1.44 at Smith Dam
1.15 at Ashville
1.76 in North Auburn
1.22 at Logan Martin Dam
1.44 in Blountsville
1.72 at Bankhead Lock and Dam
1.73 at Blount Springs
1.35 at Childersburg
1.56 at Clanton
1.77 at Lay Dam
0.92 at Collisville
1.21 at Cordova
1.56 at Carbon Hill
2.22 at Yates Dam
1.72 at Gaylesville
1.59 at Horseshoe Bend
2.66 at Haleyville (several streets closed/flash-flooding)
1.59 at Jasper
1.38 in Oneonta
1.65 at Sayre
1.32 at Sylacauga
1.71 at Holt (East edge of Tuscaloosa)
2.37 at Martin Dam
2.47 at Mitchell Dam
2.66 at Jordan Dam
2.69 at Atmore
2.83 on Dauphin Island
3.31 in Thomasville
2.40 at Livingston
2.30 in Selma
2.12 at Oliver Dam (Tuscaloosa)
If you find any TYPOS, please overlook--too much sleep...but life goes on...
on May 11, 2006, 12:17 pm
Thanks to you and to Bill Murray for keeping us up to date.
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