The Wednesday morning video update is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
We wrapped up our severe weather coverage this morning at 1:00... I wanted to thank J.B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Jason Simpson, John Oldshue, and Brian Peters for the great support during the past 24 hours. And, needless to say Bill Castle and his crew out in the field who have the real hard work in extremely difficult conditions.
The was a very dangerous storm that moved across eastern Chilton and Coosa counties around midnight... quite a velocity couplet. Thank goodness it moved over a relatively rural area and at this moment the only damage reports I see in that area involved downed trees.
The earlier tornado signature that moved along the Sipsey River in west Alabama, and into Tuscaloosa county was of great concern, but thankfully the storm started to weaken as it moved into the city of Tuscaloosa. Had a couple of reports of funnel clouds, but no major damage.
We are all thankful for a calmer day today...
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
*The weather should stay dry and mild through Friday. A nice warming trend after today, with mid 70s likely on Friday. Some model output shows upper 70s.
*Moisture will begin to return on Friday, and we might see showers around here by Friday night.
*The Easter weekend looks unsettled as another significant spring storm system approaches. A sharp, positive tilt upper trough is forecast to deepen and sweep through Alabama. For now we have mentioned the chance of scattered showers and storms on Saturday, with the storms becoming more widespread on Sunday. I still have some concern we will have a dual threat of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, but it is too early in the game to really define the threat. We won't have rain all weekend long, but if you have an outdoor event (like an Easter sunrise service or Easter egg hunt), you might have to dodge raindrops. And, maybe thunder and lightning.
*The cold core trough swings through here Monday of next week. Some pretty weird things can happen with features like that; for now we will mention the chance of a few stray showers. We might even have some small hail with those harmless rain showers because the air aloft will be so cold (if the GFS is correct).
*The numbers are warmer for early next week, so hopefully we will not have to worry about any late season freeze in that time frame.
*An active and progressive pattern continues; with more stormy periods ahead in the March 30-31 and April 2-3 period. Needless to say, the timing could change.
Off to Tuscaloosa today to speak to the kids at Woodland Forrest Elementary School this morning (not everyone is taking this week off
.. I might try to slip in a power nap sometime after that!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
We wrapped up our severe weather coverage this morning at 1:00... I wanted to thank J.B. Elliott, Bill Murray, Jason Simpson, John Oldshue, and Brian Peters for the great support during the past 24 hours. And, needless to say Bill Castle and his crew out in the field who have the real hard work in extremely difficult conditions.
The was a very dangerous storm that moved across eastern Chilton and Coosa counties around midnight... quite a velocity couplet. Thank goodness it moved over a relatively rural area and at this moment the only damage reports I see in that area involved downed trees.
The earlier tornado signature that moved along the Sipsey River in west Alabama, and into Tuscaloosa county was of great concern, but thankfully the storm started to weaken as it moved into the city of Tuscaloosa. Had a couple of reports of funnel clouds, but no major damage.
We are all thankful for a calmer day today...
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
*The weather should stay dry and mild through Friday. A nice warming trend after today, with mid 70s likely on Friday. Some model output shows upper 70s.
*Moisture will begin to return on Friday, and we might see showers around here by Friday night.
*The Easter weekend looks unsettled as another significant spring storm system approaches. A sharp, positive tilt upper trough is forecast to deepen and sweep through Alabama. For now we have mentioned the chance of scattered showers and storms on Saturday, with the storms becoming more widespread on Sunday. I still have some concern we will have a dual threat of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, but it is too early in the game to really define the threat. We won't have rain all weekend long, but if you have an outdoor event (like an Easter sunrise service or Easter egg hunt), you might have to dodge raindrops. And, maybe thunder and lightning.
*The cold core trough swings through here Monday of next week. Some pretty weird things can happen with features like that; for now we will mention the chance of a few stray showers. We might even have some small hail with those harmless rain showers because the air aloft will be so cold (if the GFS is correct).
*The numbers are warmer for early next week, so hopefully we will not have to worry about any late season freeze in that time frame.
*An active and progressive pattern continues; with more stormy periods ahead in the March 30-31 and April 2-3 period. Needless to say, the timing could change.
Off to Tuscaloosa today to speak to the kids at Woodland Forrest Elementary School this morning (not everyone is taking this week off
.. I might try to slip in a power nap sometime after that!
on March 23, 2005, 6:53 am
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