***There will be no afternoon map discussion video today... in the process of making the major migration to the Mac OS X platform. I will have one ready bright and early tomorrow morning. This morning's video is still very valid:
http://www.jamesspann.com/
WOW: Our brand new SKYCAM is up and running at Gulf Shores. The view is stunning... and you can see it online here:
http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsgulfshores.html
Tropical squalls have been moving through the coastal waters this afternoon, and as you can see our site has recorded a peak wind gust to 51 mph. The rain total as I write this is 0.35" and rain is falling heavily. The SKYCAM site is at the Phoenix AllSuites, just east of the Gulf Shores pubic beach. Thanks to our friends at Brett-Robinson for making this happen; this will be quite a service to all Alabamians. And, of course, our partner in the entire project is Compass Bank. We thank them for their partnership. More SKYCAMs will be coming on line in the next two weeks.
TROPICAL TROUBLE: Sure looks like a new tropical depression is forming over the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Take a peek:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/avn-l.jpg
Here is model output:
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_98.gif
Sure looks like a drought-buster for the Rio Grande Valley... and much of the Texas coastal plain. I will have to hit the rain harder for our affiliate radio stations in Texas... in McAllen and Eagle Pass.
THE ALABAMA STORY: Quite an impressive surge of moisture up through South Alabama into the eastern side of the state. A whopper of a storm is moving through Talladega County. We are watching it from the Mt. Cheaha SKYCAM... at Cheaha they have already picked up 1.31" of rain today from an earlier storm... this one has the potential to push their total to over two inches. Sure nice to see these big rain amounts... over three inches in Birmingham over the weekend and over two inches at Lake Purdy.
In coming days, the old front over the central part of Alabama will fizzle out, and an upper air high will slowly build overheaad. So, we will maintain a typical summertime forecast for this week and the coming weekend. Temperatures should be near normal for late July, with daily highs around 90 or slightly higher. Each day we will be dodging afternoon showers and storms, but they will be scattered. And, the determining factors for the coverage of the storms on daily basis is found only in the mesoscale, and is very hard to identify days in advance.
Sure enjoyed seeing the kids at the New Life Church summer program down in Tuscaloosa this morning... look for them on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News.
Again, we should be complete with the computer work and have the video back to the "two a day" schedule tomorrow.... J.B. will keep you updated on short term weather for the rest of this afternoon and this evening.
http://www.jamesspann.com/
WOW: Our brand new SKYCAM is up and running at Gulf Shores. The view is stunning... and you can see it online here:
http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsgulfshores.html
Tropical squalls have been moving through the coastal waters this afternoon, and as you can see our site has recorded a peak wind gust to 51 mph. The rain total as I write this is 0.35" and rain is falling heavily. The SKYCAM site is at the Phoenix AllSuites, just east of the Gulf Shores pubic beach. Thanks to our friends at Brett-Robinson for making this happen; this will be quite a service to all Alabamians. And, of course, our partner in the entire project is Compass Bank. We thank them for their partnership. More SKYCAMs will be coming on line in the next two weeks.
TROPICAL TROUBLE: Sure looks like a new tropical depression is forming over the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Take a peek:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/avn-l.jpg
Here is model output:
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_98.gif
Sure looks like a drought-buster for the Rio Grande Valley... and much of the Texas coastal plain. I will have to hit the rain harder for our affiliate radio stations in Texas... in McAllen and Eagle Pass.
THE ALABAMA STORY: Quite an impressive surge of moisture up through South Alabama into the eastern side of the state. A whopper of a storm is moving through Talladega County. We are watching it from the Mt. Cheaha SKYCAM... at Cheaha they have already picked up 1.31" of rain today from an earlier storm... this one has the potential to push their total to over two inches. Sure nice to see these big rain amounts... over three inches in Birmingham over the weekend and over two inches at Lake Purdy.
In coming days, the old front over the central part of Alabama will fizzle out, and an upper air high will slowly build overheaad. So, we will maintain a typical summertime forecast for this week and the coming weekend. Temperatures should be near normal for late July, with daily highs around 90 or slightly higher. Each day we will be dodging afternoon showers and storms, but they will be scattered. And, the determining factors for the coverage of the storms on daily basis is found only in the mesoscale, and is very hard to identify days in advance.
Sure enjoyed seeing the kids at the New Life Church summer program down in Tuscaloosa this morning... look for them on the KIDCAM today at 5:00 on ABC 33/40 News.
Again, we should be complete with the computer work and have the video back to the "two a day" schedule tomorrow.... J.B. will keep you updated on short term weather for the rest of this afternoon and this evening.
on July 24, 2006, 2:46 pm
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