The Wednesday morming map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Thanks for the great pictures from our blog readers last night... you see pictures posted anytime by selecting the "pictures" category on the blog:
http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/cat/wxtalk/15/Pictures
I expect to see more rainbow scenes this evening as the weather pattern remains the same... a big trough over the eastern U.S., and very cold air aloft over Alabama. Look for scattered showers and storms this afternoon and this evening; the chance of any one spot getting wet today is about one in four.
WARMER DAYS: Heights will slowly rise across Alabama over the latter half of the week, which means a warming trend. We expect highs in the upper 70s tomorrow, and low 80s by Friday, as the mercury finally gets back to normal levels for this time of the year. Today will be the 13th day in a row with below normal temperatures, and we have reached 80 on only two days so far this month.
We will watch a surface front approaching from the north on Friday, but for now it looks like the best chance of showers will stay in Tennessee.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS continues to look pretty dry for the weekend. The surface boundary to the north fizzles out, and little if any rain shows up on the 00Z run. For now, we have just the chance of a few scattered or isolated showers in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. Doesn't look like rain will be a problem. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s both days.
NEXT WEEK: At this time the weather for much of next week looks relatively dry and warm, with temperatures near normal. Toward the end of the week the westerlies (the main band of upper air winds over North America; the "stprm track" if you will) begins to lift northward as it usually does in late May. This will set the stage for warm and humid weather here, and the chance of "scattered, afternoon showers and thunderstorms", an almost daily part of our summer forecast routine.
TROPICS? The GFS continues to hint at some early season mischief in the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing to hang our hat on for now, but we will keep an eye on trends. Some runs have tried to develop a system down there in about 7 to 10 days, then drifting it northward in this direction. We will pretty much be watching developments over the Gulf between now and October. Tis the season.
I will have the afternoon video discussion posted by 3:30 this afternoon....
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Thanks for the great pictures from our blog readers last night... you see pictures posted anytime by selecting the "pictures" category on the blog:
http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/cat/wxtalk/15/Pictures
I expect to see more rainbow scenes this evening as the weather pattern remains the same... a big trough over the eastern U.S., and very cold air aloft over Alabama. Look for scattered showers and storms this afternoon and this evening; the chance of any one spot getting wet today is about one in four.
WARMER DAYS: Heights will slowly rise across Alabama over the latter half of the week, which means a warming trend. We expect highs in the upper 70s tomorrow, and low 80s by Friday, as the mercury finally gets back to normal levels for this time of the year. Today will be the 13th day in a row with below normal temperatures, and we have reached 80 on only two days so far this month.
We will watch a surface front approaching from the north on Friday, but for now it looks like the best chance of showers will stay in Tennessee.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS continues to look pretty dry for the weekend. The surface boundary to the north fizzles out, and little if any rain shows up on the 00Z run. For now, we have just the chance of a few scattered or isolated showers in the forecast for Sunday and Monday. Doesn't look like rain will be a problem. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s both days.
NEXT WEEK: At this time the weather for much of next week looks relatively dry and warm, with temperatures near normal. Toward the end of the week the westerlies (the main band of upper air winds over North America; the "stprm track" if you will) begins to lift northward as it usually does in late May. This will set the stage for warm and humid weather here, and the chance of "scattered, afternoon showers and thunderstorms", an almost daily part of our summer forecast routine.
TROPICS? The GFS continues to hint at some early season mischief in the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing to hang our hat on for now, but we will keep an eye on trends. Some runs have tried to develop a system down there in about 7 to 10 days, then drifting it northward in this direction. We will pretty much be watching developments over the Gulf between now and October. Tis the season.
I will have the afternoon video discussion posted by 3:30 this afternoon....
on May 17, 2006, 6:25 am
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