A huge percentage of Alabama is without showers and thunderstorms tonight. At 9:30, there was nothing going on over the North and East part of the state. Only the SW part and a small part of West Central Alabama still has action.
The northernmost shower or storm was a small one over Pickens County. All of the main stuff is from near Livingston down into the SW part of the state.
Last night, showers and thunderstorms developed, redeveloped and redeveloped until long past midnight over the north and west part of the state. Some of them became severe and it was almost 3 am before we could settle in for a fast 4 hours of sleep.
We somewhat semi-hope that does not occur again tonight even though we realize a lot of people still need rain.
INTERESTING FEATURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
This time of year the monsoon season gradually sets in over the Desert Southwest. They even call it that in Arizona. Moisture in the warm season gradually makes a long trek from the Caribbean and South Gulf of Mexico and some from the East pacific, northward through Mexico and finally into Arizona. During the monsoon season, thunderstorms become more frequent in places like Arizona and those storms can also kick up big dust storms.
It is interesting to look at the North American lightning detection map tonight and see a long string of thunderstorms all the way up the southern and western part of Mexico NW znd northward into Arizona.
The northernmost shower or storm was a small one over Pickens County. All of the main stuff is from near Livingston down into the SW part of the state.
Last night, showers and thunderstorms developed, redeveloped and redeveloped until long past midnight over the north and west part of the state. Some of them became severe and it was almost 3 am before we could settle in for a fast 4 hours of sleep.
We somewhat semi-hope that does not occur again tonight even though we realize a lot of people still need rain.
INTERESTING FEATURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
This time of year the monsoon season gradually sets in over the Desert Southwest. They even call it that in Arizona. Moisture in the warm season gradually makes a long trek from the Caribbean and South Gulf of Mexico and some from the East pacific, northward through Mexico and finally into Arizona. During the monsoon season, thunderstorms become more frequent in places like Arizona and those storms can also kick up big dust storms.
It is interesting to look at the North American lightning detection map tonight and see a long string of thunderstorms all the way up the southern and western part of Mexico NW znd northward into Arizona.
on July 19, 2006, 8:46 pm
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