The Thursday afternoon map discussion video is on the web, and available on iTunes:
http://www.jamesspann.com/
The video discussion is now in QuickTime; for those of you using Internet Explorer the file has to download completely before you can watch it; it might take a minute or two. For users of Firefox and all other browsers, the video plays immediately as it downloads.
If you want to watch the video full screen, you can always use iTunes; you have that option. Just search the podcast section for ABC 33/40 Map Discussion, or James Spann, and you will find it.
I promise to write a post on my experience with the MacBook Pro by tomorrow night. I have been a Windows guy for over 10 years, so this was quite a move.
QUIET DAY: The radar sure is calm today. There are some healthy storms over the southwest part of the state, but even down there they are pretty scattered. Birmingham is at 92 degrees at 3:00... right where we should be time time of day at this time of year.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: You have to think that showers and storms will be more active as moisture arond here deepens. The primary moisture feed from the old system that was along the Texas coast earlier this week has been west of Alabama, but some of that will be moving in here tomorrow and over the weekend. So, we will continue to mention scattered, mainly afternoon showers and storms with intervals of sunshine and high temperatures around 90, or maybe a degree or two warmer.
Moist air will remain pooled across Alabama through much of next week, so scattered showers and storms will stay in the forecast. And, that is a good thing since we are still recovering from a very dry June and first half of July.
TROPICS: The disturbed area of weather around Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands has not changed much today, and upper air winds in that area don't favor tropical development. Everything else is quiet for now.
WEATHER PARTY: Come join our party... the new, cool weather site, Weatherparty.com:
http://www.weatherparty.com/
You determine what shows up on the front page... there is some great information over there and it is one of my first stops on the web daily. Register, and you can submit links to anything related to weather, and vote on the links that have been submitted. The top vote getters wind up on the front page.
GULF SHORES SKYCAM: A reminder our latest addition to the ABC 33/40 SKYCAM network is up and running down at the Phoenix AllSuites Hotel at Gulf Shores. You can see all of the images and weather data here:
http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsmain.html
I will have the next map discussion video available by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
http://www.jamesspann.com/
The video discussion is now in QuickTime; for those of you using Internet Explorer the file has to download completely before you can watch it; it might take a minute or two. For users of Firefox and all other browsers, the video plays immediately as it downloads.
If you want to watch the video full screen, you can always use iTunes; you have that option. Just search the podcast section for ABC 33/40 Map Discussion, or James Spann, and you will find it.
I promise to write a post on my experience with the MacBook Pro by tomorrow night. I have been a Windows guy for over 10 years, so this was quite a move.
QUIET DAY: The radar sure is calm today. There are some healthy storms over the southwest part of the state, but even down there they are pretty scattered. Birmingham is at 92 degrees at 3:00... right where we should be time time of day at this time of year.
TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND: You have to think that showers and storms will be more active as moisture arond here deepens. The primary moisture feed from the old system that was along the Texas coast earlier this week has been west of Alabama, but some of that will be moving in here tomorrow and over the weekend. So, we will continue to mention scattered, mainly afternoon showers and storms with intervals of sunshine and high temperatures around 90, or maybe a degree or two warmer.
Moist air will remain pooled across Alabama through much of next week, so scattered showers and storms will stay in the forecast. And, that is a good thing since we are still recovering from a very dry June and first half of July.
TROPICS: The disturbed area of weather around Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands has not changed much today, and upper air winds in that area don't favor tropical development. Everything else is quiet for now.
WEATHER PARTY: Come join our party... the new, cool weather site, Weatherparty.com:
http://www.weatherparty.com/
You determine what shows up on the front page... there is some great information over there and it is one of my first stops on the web daily. Register, and you can submit links to anything related to weather, and vote on the links that have been submitted. The top vote getters wind up on the front page.
GULF SHORES SKYCAM: A reminder our latest addition to the ABC 33/40 SKYCAM network is up and running down at the Phoenix AllSuites Hotel at Gulf Shores. You can see all of the images and weather data here:
http://www.abc3340.com/static/skycams/skycamsmain.html
I will have the next map discussion video available by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!