A Cool Breeze

The Monday morning map discussion video is on the server:

http://www.jamesspann.com/

I loved reading Bill's posts about "Granny vs the Weather Bureau"... funny stuff.

TODAY-WEDNESDAY: The massive upper low continues to cover the eastern U.S. The center of the vortex is north of us, but it is close enough for a few cloudy periods through Wednesday. And, while we don't expect any widespread rain, you sure can't rule out a few isolated showers or pathes of light rain in a pattern like this. The chance of any one spot getting wet at any one time will be fairly small, but understand a few raindrops are not out of the question.

Temperatures will also remain below normal; we should be in the low 80s here in mid-May; but most places will have a hard time reaching 70 degrees today with a cool breeze. No complaints here!

LATE THIS WEEK: We should warm into the upper 70s on Thursday and low 80s by Friday. Another eastern U.S. upper trough will form this weekend, not not as deep as the one we have now. For now the chance of any significant rain on Friday looks pretty small, but a few widely scattered showers might show up over the northeast corner of the state Friday afternoon.

WEEKEND PREVIEW: With an upper trough overhead, we can't rule out a few isolated showers Saturday or Sunday, but with little moisture available it looks like the weekend will be mostly dry. High temperatures should be close to 80 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds.

LONG RANGE: The pattern finally begins to look more like early summer toward the end of May, as the primary jet stream shifts to the north, and the Bermuda high sets up. The GFS is advertising warmer and more humid weather at the end of the month. Highs in the 80s, and scattered showers and storms.

SKYCAM NETWORK: Don't forget you can see images and current weather from all of our SKYCAM network sites here:

http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsmain.html

I will be doing a weather program today at Shades Mountain Christian School... I should have the afternoon video produced on time by 3:30 this afternoon!