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The latest surface observations put the cold front on a line roughly from just east of Nashville to Greenwood and into Southwest Mississippi. Two lines of scattered thunderstorms have developed along with a considerable number of showers across southern Alabama. I think it still looks favorable for nearly everyone to get some rain this afternoon and tonight as the cold front advances eastward. Some locations in the eastern and southeastern portion of the state might get missed since afternoon heating in playing a role in the development of the thunderstorms ongoing now. Storm intensity and coverage is likely to decrease with the setting sun, but with the front likely to reach the state by late afternoon some showers may continue.
After the front makes it's way thorugh the Southeast, we should see cooler and drier air through the weekend and into the first half of the upcoming week. That thanks to a strong trough that will be situated over the eastern third of the US. The positon of the trough will keep Alabama in a northwesterly flow pattern and relatively cool and dry for the upcoming week.
The GFS shows the possibility of our first tropical system of the season. There is a cluster of thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea and the GFS develops that into an organized low next week. This could be Alberto, however, we have to remember that the GFS is notorious about developing tropical systems, so it's something that will bear watching over the next several days. The good news for the Gulf coast is that any system that should develop would move northeast offshore from the Atlantic coast.
Another web vice map discussion will be posted tomorrow morning around 8 or 9. Sorry for the tinny sound to the audio. My video camera and my microphone combine to give me fits. I've learned to unplug and re-plug it, but when I complete the recording it sometimes doesn't sound as good as I'd like.
Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend. God bless.
-Brian-
PS I checked the television listings, and the National Geographic Channel is still set to air a program on June 8, next Tuesday, at 7 PM CDT on the March 27, 1994, Piedmont Tornado. You might want to tune in or set your recorder for it. I've already got mine set.