FIRST--A QUICK ALABAMA UPDATE
At 10 o'clock this morning, very little precipitation in Alabama. Only some scattered patches of light rain across the central part of the state. Have you noticed the sharper visibility this morning. We are in a semi-tropical airmass from our great friend--the Gulf of Mexico.
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
* 2.21 inches is how much rain fell overnight at Lake Charles, La.
* 1.70 was the Houston total--thanks to a big glob of tropical moisture
* 1.13 inches in Phoenix last night in a big desert storm
* 7 inches is the normal rain amount for Phoenix in an entire year
* 99 mph was the wind gust recorded at the Phoenix Airport Control Tower last night. Lots of power outages
* 104 is the forecast high in Wichita and Wichita Falls, Tex., today as the Plains heat up again
* 126 was the high in Death Valley yesterday. Their Tuesday morning low was 100
* 119 was the high in Bullhead City, Ariz.
* 118 was the high in Needles, Calif.
* 117 days is the average number of days with rain each year in Birmingham
* 36 days is the average number of such days for Phoenix and Los Angeles
* 20 inches is the rainfall shortfall so far this year in New orleans and Baton Rouge
* 18 inches is the total for New Orleans so far this year
* 38.72 inches is the Birmingham total so far (for comparision)
* 7.17 inches is all the rain that has fallen at Black Creek, NE of Gadsden in the last three months. Vic Bell reports that is 10 inches less than had fallen at this time last year.
* 2.18 inches of rain is all that has fallen since April 25 (three months
5 miles north of Gaylesville in NE Alabama, reported by Ron Haltermon. He wonders if their close proximity to Lookout Mountain could be the reason. They are also located in the west slope of Laurel Mountaiin (Is that also known as Dirtseller Mountain...actually a SW to NE ridge)
* 3 cups is all the coffee I have had today...the lowest count since records began in 1938 when I had my first cup.
* 0 is the number of sausage balls or Pop Tarts last 3 months.
* 162 is the number of consecutive days that Marble Bar, in West Australia had 100 degrees or hotter once.
* 87 is the average high temperature in July for Jerusalem, about 4 degrees cooler than Birmingham
* 27th of July was the date of the first named storm in the 2000 tropical season
* 10 names storms in only 35 days after that (an explosion) between August 19 and September 22. Lesson from that: The slow start this season does not mean we will not have an active season.
...enough of this. Much of this information is probably of little or no interest...outta here...
At 10 o'clock this morning, very little precipitation in Alabama. Only some scattered patches of light rain across the central part of the state. Have you noticed the sharper visibility this morning. We are in a semi-tropical airmass from our great friend--the Gulf of Mexico.
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
* 2.21 inches is how much rain fell overnight at Lake Charles, La.
* 1.70 was the Houston total--thanks to a big glob of tropical moisture
* 1.13 inches in Phoenix last night in a big desert storm
* 7 inches is the normal rain amount for Phoenix in an entire year
* 99 mph was the wind gust recorded at the Phoenix Airport Control Tower last night. Lots of power outages
* 104 is the forecast high in Wichita and Wichita Falls, Tex., today as the Plains heat up again
* 126 was the high in Death Valley yesterday. Their Tuesday morning low was 100
* 119 was the high in Bullhead City, Ariz.
* 118 was the high in Needles, Calif.
* 117 days is the average number of days with rain each year in Birmingham
* 36 days is the average number of such days for Phoenix and Los Angeles
* 20 inches is the rainfall shortfall so far this year in New orleans and Baton Rouge
* 18 inches is the total for New Orleans so far this year
* 38.72 inches is the Birmingham total so far (for comparision)
* 7.17 inches is all the rain that has fallen at Black Creek, NE of Gadsden in the last three months. Vic Bell reports that is 10 inches less than had fallen at this time last year.
* 2.18 inches of rain is all that has fallen since April 25 (three months
5 miles north of Gaylesville in NE Alabama, reported by Ron Haltermon. He wonders if their close proximity to Lookout Mountain could be the reason. They are also located in the west slope of Laurel Mountaiin (Is that also known as Dirtseller Mountain...actually a SW to NE ridge)* 3 cups is all the coffee I have had today...the lowest count since records began in 1938 when I had my first cup.
* 0 is the number of sausage balls or Pop Tarts last 3 months.
* 162 is the number of consecutive days that Marble Bar, in West Australia had 100 degrees or hotter once.
* 87 is the average high temperature in July for Jerusalem, about 4 degrees cooler than Birmingham
* 27th of July was the date of the first named storm in the 2000 tropical season
* 10 names storms in only 35 days after that (an explosion) between August 19 and September 22. Lesson from that: The slow start this season does not mean we will not have an active season.
...enough of this. Much of this information is probably of little or no interest...outta here...
on July 26, 2006, 9:35 am
This is our weather man on a gooooooood dose of caffeine!
Interesting facts though
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