The Wednesday morning map discussion video is on the server:
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What a nice break from the hot weather yesterday. Clouds were thick enough to keep temperatures down in the low 80s in many areas, and the fresh breeze on the back side of tropical storm Alberto also helped.
We get back to reality today as we expect upper 80s by afternoon. Low 90s are likely tomorrow and Friday as the summer heat returns. The air is very dry, and each day should feature lots of sunshine.
WEEKEND MOISTURE? The GFS continues to show a stronger upper trough to the west of Alabama over the weekend, along with improved low level moisture levels here. Sure looks like we need to bring in at least a chance of widely scattered afternoon showers or storms, especially for areas west of I-65. The better setup for rain will be over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where they really need it. Some decent showers and storms might even develop over Mississippi, and hopefully a few over this way. We will take any rain we can get.
NEXT WEEK: The GFS shows a surface front to the north of here early next week, but it never reaches us as the ridge holds. With ample low level moisture, we probably can mention widely scattered afternoon showers and storms Monday through Wednesday.
LONG RANGE: Still nothing out there to suggest any widespread, organized rain event during the latter half of June. Best we can hope for is to snag an afternoon shower or storm from time to time.
ALBERTO: Now a tropical depression, the system is over the coastal plain of North Carolina. It moves back into the Atlantic later today as it accelerates to the northeast.
TROPICS: The wave train seems active; one wave is in the eastern Caribbean, another in the central Atlantic, and another one that has just come off the coast of Africa. No sign of any development for now.
I will have the next map discussion video posted by 3:30!
http://www.jamesspann.com/
What a nice break from the hot weather yesterday. Clouds were thick enough to keep temperatures down in the low 80s in many areas, and the fresh breeze on the back side of tropical storm Alberto also helped.
We get back to reality today as we expect upper 80s by afternoon. Low 90s are likely tomorrow and Friday as the summer heat returns. The air is very dry, and each day should feature lots of sunshine.
WEEKEND MOISTURE? The GFS continues to show a stronger upper trough to the west of Alabama over the weekend, along with improved low level moisture levels here. Sure looks like we need to bring in at least a chance of widely scattered afternoon showers or storms, especially for areas west of I-65. The better setup for rain will be over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where they really need it. Some decent showers and storms might even develop over Mississippi, and hopefully a few over this way. We will take any rain we can get.
NEXT WEEK: The GFS shows a surface front to the north of here early next week, but it never reaches us as the ridge holds. With ample low level moisture, we probably can mention widely scattered afternoon showers and storms Monday through Wednesday.
LONG RANGE: Still nothing out there to suggest any widespread, organized rain event during the latter half of June. Best we can hope for is to snag an afternoon shower or storm from time to time.
ALBERTO: Now a tropical depression, the system is over the coastal plain of North Carolina. It moves back into the Atlantic later today as it accelerates to the northeast.
TROPICS: The wave train seems active; one wave is in the eastern Caribbean, another in the central Atlantic, and another one that has just come off the coast of Africa. No sign of any development for now.
I will have the next map discussion video posted by 3:30!