Still have been unable to clear up the issues I have with creating a QuickTime movie, so there will not be a video map discussion this afternoon. Bear with me as the software should be here tomorrow and once I get it loaded and become able enough to create a video, I will.
Typing this afternoon from the Press Box overlooking the Hoove Met, home of the Birmingham Barons. The Barons are playing the Biscuits tonight, that's the team from Montgomery. Weather will be good for a game but the heat will be here so shed the suit for shorts and a t-shirt and come out for the game.
Funny how I can't do a video but there really isn't much to show you. Tropically, Chris is churning away as he approaches the northern Leeward Islands. The storm seems to have gained a bit more strength today with peak wind estimated to be 40 knots based on a flight level wind of 53 knots from the first reconnaissance plane to sample Chris. The offical NHC track plods Chris west-northwest on a course that could bring it into the southern Bahamas this weekend. At that time, Chris could be a threat to southern Florida and the Florida Keys.
Back home, the coverage of showers is way down from yesterday. Radar showed a few showers over Dekalb and Cherokee counties in northwest Alabama and southwest of Demopolis. Satellite imagery showed just some puffy cumulus clouds which should fade away with sunset or slightly before. Along the coast, a few showers had developed along the seabreeze but even there the shower coverage seemed down some.
The latest GFS model run keeps Alabama and the Southeast under high pressure at the surface and aloft. The upper level high weakens a bit on Thursday with a slight troughiness over the east coast which will not tip far enough south to have a serious impact on our weather. By Sunday, the ridge builds back in with a venegance. The 594 contour line will cover much of the southeastern quarter of the Nation by the first of next week.
So the bottom line is the heat continues with isolated showers possible every afternoon. Temperatures this afternoon were in the lower 90s with some of the coolest spots in South Alabama where a few showers had dropped temperatures into the lower 80s. During the next seven days, morning lows should be in the lower and mid 70s and afternoon highs sticking close to the mid 90s. A few spots will probably push the upper 90s.
Stay cool out there. Will have a Blog post here tomorrow morning 7:30 ish with some video soon, I hope. Thanks for your patience as I work through the transition while filling in for James.
-Brian-
Typing this afternoon from the Press Box overlooking the Hoove Met, home of the Birmingham Barons. The Barons are playing the Biscuits tonight, that's the team from Montgomery. Weather will be good for a game but the heat will be here so shed the suit for shorts and a t-shirt and come out for the game.
Funny how I can't do a video but there really isn't much to show you. Tropically, Chris is churning away as he approaches the northern Leeward Islands. The storm seems to have gained a bit more strength today with peak wind estimated to be 40 knots based on a flight level wind of 53 knots from the first reconnaissance plane to sample Chris. The offical NHC track plods Chris west-northwest on a course that could bring it into the southern Bahamas this weekend. At that time, Chris could be a threat to southern Florida and the Florida Keys.
Back home, the coverage of showers is way down from yesterday. Radar showed a few showers over Dekalb and Cherokee counties in northwest Alabama and southwest of Demopolis. Satellite imagery showed just some puffy cumulus clouds which should fade away with sunset or slightly before. Along the coast, a few showers had developed along the seabreeze but even there the shower coverage seemed down some.
The latest GFS model run keeps Alabama and the Southeast under high pressure at the surface and aloft. The upper level high weakens a bit on Thursday with a slight troughiness over the east coast which will not tip far enough south to have a serious impact on our weather. By Sunday, the ridge builds back in with a venegance. The 594 contour line will cover much of the southeastern quarter of the Nation by the first of next week.
So the bottom line is the heat continues with isolated showers possible every afternoon. Temperatures this afternoon were in the lower 90s with some of the coolest spots in South Alabama where a few showers had dropped temperatures into the lower 80s. During the next seven days, morning lows should be in the lower and mid 70s and afternoon highs sticking close to the mid 90s. A few spots will probably push the upper 90s.
Stay cool out there. Will have a Blog post here tomorrow morning 7:30 ish with some video soon, I hope. Thanks for your patience as I work through the transition while filling in for James.
-Brian-