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John Oldshue is taking off for Colorado today... nice time to take a vacation. After all, there are only so any ways to say "hot and humid with widely scattered afternoon showers or storms"! Welcome to mid-summer in Alabama.
As expected, the radar is very quiet again today. We saw a few showers earlier this afternoon over Northeast Alabama, but nothing is out there as I write this update. Temperatures at 2:00 p.m. around here ranged from 91 at the Shelby County Airport to 95 at Tuscaloosa.
The upper heights might be a little lower tomorrow, and the cap might be a tad weaker, so we will mention a chance of widely scattered afternoon storms. Then, the upper ridge is forecast to get stronger by Friday and Saturday, so any afternoon storms on those days should be few and far between. High temperatures on a daily basis will remain in the 92 to 97 degree range.
By Sunday, the core of the upper ridge shifts a little to the west, and that might be a window of opportunity for a little better coverage of afternoon showers and storms. But, the general idea is that we will have your typical mid-summer weather around here for the next week... and probably for the rest of July.
TROPICS: The ULL (upper level low) in the southwest Gulf of Mexico continues to move to the west, and seems to be headed toward Mexico. A tropical wave is now now moving across South Florida, and will be in the southeast Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. And, another wave is near the Windward Islands. No sign of development with both of those waves, but we will keep an eye on them. The tropics will have to break loose at some point this summer, but that might be closer to the first of August.
SKYWATCHERS: Want to help our weather team as a volunteer severe storm spotter? Do you have some SKYWARN Training? We are looking for more people to join our Skywatcher Network, especially in rural Alabama counties. If you are interested, drop me a line and tell me about yourself:
jspann@abc3340.com
The Skywatchers report back to us in real time using instant messaging technology. We also will be using digital images and video from the team. A great way to get ground truth during severe weather, and more trained eyes on dangerous storms.
Thanks to everyone at B E & K for their hospitality... I spoke out there at a luncheon today and really enjoyed the visit. I will have the next map discussion video posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
http://www.jamesspann.com/
John Oldshue is taking off for Colorado today... nice time to take a vacation. After all, there are only so any ways to say "hot and humid with widely scattered afternoon showers or storms"! Welcome to mid-summer in Alabama.
As expected, the radar is very quiet again today. We saw a few showers earlier this afternoon over Northeast Alabama, but nothing is out there as I write this update. Temperatures at 2:00 p.m. around here ranged from 91 at the Shelby County Airport to 95 at Tuscaloosa.
The upper heights might be a little lower tomorrow, and the cap might be a tad weaker, so we will mention a chance of widely scattered afternoon storms. Then, the upper ridge is forecast to get stronger by Friday and Saturday, so any afternoon storms on those days should be few and far between. High temperatures on a daily basis will remain in the 92 to 97 degree range.
By Sunday, the core of the upper ridge shifts a little to the west, and that might be a window of opportunity for a little better coverage of afternoon showers and storms. But, the general idea is that we will have your typical mid-summer weather around here for the next week... and probably for the rest of July.
TROPICS: The ULL (upper level low) in the southwest Gulf of Mexico continues to move to the west, and seems to be headed toward Mexico. A tropical wave is now now moving across South Florida, and will be in the southeast Gulf of Mexico tomorrow. And, another wave is near the Windward Islands. No sign of development with both of those waves, but we will keep an eye on them. The tropics will have to break loose at some point this summer, but that might be closer to the first of August.
SKYWATCHERS: Want to help our weather team as a volunteer severe storm spotter? Do you have some SKYWARN Training? We are looking for more people to join our Skywatcher Network, especially in rural Alabama counties. If you are interested, drop me a line and tell me about yourself:
jspann@abc3340.com
The Skywatchers report back to us in real time using instant messaging technology. We also will be using digital images and video from the team. A great way to get ground truth during severe weather, and more trained eyes on dangerous storms.
Thanks to everyone at B E & K for their hospitality... I spoke out there at a luncheon today and really enjoyed the visit. I will have the next map discussion video posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!