Brighter Days Ahead

The Thursday afternoon web video is on the server:

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

So much for the perfect March Madness bracket... the Alabama loss ended that dream. The good news is that everyone else in the ABC 33/40 weather group missed it as well. Hated to see the Tide go down so soon.

Sunshine should return tomorrow with temperatures getting back in the 60s, where they should be this time of the year. Saturday still looks mostly dry despite a front passing through, and the ultimate placement of that front will determine where the best chance of showers will be on Sunday. Bottom line is that much of the weekend will be dry, although a brief passing shower will be possible on both days.

EARLY NEXT WEEK: The GFS continues to flip and flop on the storm system early next week. The 12Z run puts the surface low near Birmingham on Tuesday, a northward shift from the 06Z run. If that surface low passes north of us, we might have a potent severe weather threat with our area getting into the warm sector. If the low passes to the south, we will just see plenty of rain. One way or the other it looks like the best chance of rain and storms will come from Monday night into Tuesday morning.

REST OF SPRING BREAK WEEK: A difficult forecast in this active flow pattern. The latest model data now suggests the weather will remain mostly dry from Wednesday through Saturday, with rain and storms moving back into Alabama on Easter Sunday. Not totally convinced of this just yet; would not be shocked to see rain on either Friday or Saturday.

Thanks to all the second graders today at Deer Valley and Rocky Ridge Elementary schools... great listeners. And, they were ALL smart and good looking!

Gonna look at the hoop situation before getting back to weather duty. I think I am correct on all picks expect for the Alabama upset...

I love March Madness...