The Monday afternoon map discussion video is on the server:
http://www.jamesspann.com/
I realize most folks today are on the lake, at the beach, or in the backyard grilling up something good. But, I am glad you are here if you happen to be checking weather on the ole computer.
RIGHT NOW: Isolated storms have fired in the hot airmass over Alabama. Tuscaloosa has reached 93, while Birmingham is at 91 this hour. Hot air at the surface means the low lebel air is buoyant, and that rising air has penetrated the capping inversion, allowing for what you see on radar.
A few of the storms this afternoon or early tonight might require a severe thunderstorm warning, but once again most neighborhoods will stay dry. Birmingham has gone 11 consecutive days with no measurable rain; we sure could use a good shower.
TOMORROW/WEDNESDAY: The upper air high remains on top of us, so look for highs in the 90 to 93 degree range, lots of hazy sun, and only isolated afternoon storms.
LATE WEEK FRONT: The GFS continues to advertise a surface front (we don't like to call them cold fronts in summer
slowly moving through here on Friday, in response to an upper air trough forming over the eastern U.S. This could mean an increase in the number of scattered afternoon storms on Thursday and Friday. The best coverage of the storms could come on Friday as the actual front moves through.
While cold fronts rarely pass through here in summer, early June is the best time for one to slip by. So, we will continue to bite on the GFS solution and forecast less humid conditions by Saturday and Sunday. Any showers over the coming weekend will be confined to the southern half of the state. Highs should be in the mid to upper 80s over the weekend.
We will have to watch the old front; if it drifts into the northern Gulf of Mexico that can sometimes lead to tropical depression formation this time of the year. I am not saying that will happen, but it is surely possible.
We will get back to the regular schedule tomorrow, with the morning video posted by 7:00 a.m. I will be working tomorrow, but then taking a few days off Wednesday through Friday. Brian Peters will be handling the web map discussion videos and podcasts while I am gone; John Oldshue, Bill Murray, and J.B. Elliott will pitch in to help with TV and radio work....
http://www.jamesspann.com/
I realize most folks today are on the lake, at the beach, or in the backyard grilling up something good. But, I am glad you are here if you happen to be checking weather on the ole computer.
RIGHT NOW: Isolated storms have fired in the hot airmass over Alabama. Tuscaloosa has reached 93, while Birmingham is at 91 this hour. Hot air at the surface means the low lebel air is buoyant, and that rising air has penetrated the capping inversion, allowing for what you see on radar.
A few of the storms this afternoon or early tonight might require a severe thunderstorm warning, but once again most neighborhoods will stay dry. Birmingham has gone 11 consecutive days with no measurable rain; we sure could use a good shower.
TOMORROW/WEDNESDAY: The upper air high remains on top of us, so look for highs in the 90 to 93 degree range, lots of hazy sun, and only isolated afternoon storms.
LATE WEEK FRONT: The GFS continues to advertise a surface front (we don't like to call them cold fronts in summer
slowly moving through here on Friday, in response to an upper air trough forming over the eastern U.S. This could mean an increase in the number of scattered afternoon storms on Thursday and Friday. The best coverage of the storms could come on Friday as the actual front moves through.While cold fronts rarely pass through here in summer, early June is the best time for one to slip by. So, we will continue to bite on the GFS solution and forecast less humid conditions by Saturday and Sunday. Any showers over the coming weekend will be confined to the southern half of the state. Highs should be in the mid to upper 80s over the weekend.
We will have to watch the old front; if it drifts into the northern Gulf of Mexico that can sometimes lead to tropical depression formation this time of the year. I am not saying that will happen, but it is surely possible.
We will get back to the regular schedule tomorrow, with the morning video posted by 7:00 a.m. I will be working tomorrow, but then taking a few days off Wednesday through Friday. Brian Peters will be handling the web map discussion videos and podcasts while I am gone; John Oldshue, Bill Murray, and J.B. Elliott will pitch in to help with TV and radio work....
on May 29, 2006, 7:55 pm
time off with your family.
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