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I'll be filling in for James Spann for the rest of this week, but I don't rise as early as he does, so look for the morning map discussion videos to be a tad later - I will try to have them posted no later than 8 am, except tomorrow morning. I will have a discussion but no video due to an early morning appointment.
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm already tired of the heat and humidity. And it still looks like some relief may be on the way. But for now, we've got at least one more day of the three-Hs weather, hazy, hot, and humid! I really hate the milky sky we see on many summer days - I favor the brilliant blues you see after cold fronts, with strong winter highs and all that subsidence, and after passing tropical systems.
Thursday a cold front draws nearer to Alabama so we should see more clouds which should help to knock a few degrees off the afternoon high.
The GFS continues to bring the front through Alabama on Friday as a trough develops over the eastern half of the US. So I do expect nearly everyone to see some rain between Thursday afternoon and Friday evening. Since the whole system will be moving relatively slowly, we could see rainfall amounts on the order of one-half to one inch with spots of heavier amounts.
Saturday and Sunday look like we should see some great weather with temperatures falling back to seasonal values along with lowered humidity - woohoo!!
The first of next week becomes interesting with the GFS developing a closed low over Georgia. If the GFS position is correct, we'll stay dry. Should the low be just a tad further west, we could see a cloudy, wet period, so this one will be an interesting forecast challenge.
Speaking of forecast challenges, tomorrow is the official start to the 2006 hurricane season. The two big guys in hurricane outlooks, Dr. William Gray and the National Weather Service, have both rendered their predictions and we seem to be headed for another above normal season. Not like 2005, however, we could see up to 17 named storms. At ABC 33/40, we've already tuned up our weather data to bring you the latest from the tropics.
Hope you have a great day. I'll try to have another discussion posted between 4 and 5 pm today.
-Brian-
on May 31, 2006, 10:52 am
The May forecast issued by NOAA for the 2006 season is calling for more storms than the May 2005 outlook issued last year. I can not recall a time where NOAA was forecasting more storms in their May outlook than they are this year.
The May 2005 outlook issued by NOAA: 12-15 storms, 7-9 hurricanes, 3-5 major hurricanes.
The May 2006 outlook issued by NOAA: 13-16 storms, 8-10 hurricanes, 4-6 major hurricanes.
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on May 31, 2006, 1:00 pm
The ABC weather people need to start informing people of the truth instead of repeating the big oil co. disinformation agenda.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/science/31climate.html?ex=13067
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on May 31, 2006, 2:22 pm
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on May 31, 2006, 3:25 pm
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