Video still on hold this morning as the software arrived very late yesteday afternoon and I did not have enough time to get it loaded. Will try my best to get it installed and working for the afternoon version which may be just a bit late due to early afternoon activities.
Well, yesterday at this time we were looking for the first hurricane of the season but Chris has encountered some stronger than expected shear and he is in trouble. Visible satellite imagery showed the low level circulation of Chris to be completely detached from the deep convection located well south and southeast of that low level circulation. Chris is being maintained as a minimal tropical storm which is somewhat generous. Besides the decrease in strength, Chris took a slight turn to a more westerly course late yesterday. The result is that the future track of Chris has been shifted south of the previous tracks. Big question is whether Chris will even be able to survive. The shear is expected to slack off a bit in the area ahead of Chris, so stay tuned for the latest developments.
Elsewhere in the tropics there is little of concern. An area of disturbed weather stretched from south of the Cayman Islands across Cuba to the southern Bahamas, but there was no sign of any development in that area.
For Alabama and much of the Southeast US, our weather pattern is showing very little signs of change. The ridge aloft keeps a strong hold on the upper level pattern with surface high pressure nosing across the Southeast from the Atlantic. The upper level ridge changes little into the weekend and then strengthens on Monday. So for the next week or so there does not appear to be any reason to change the forecast of hot temperatures and isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Moring lows will be in the middle 70s while the afternoon highs will continue to reach the mid and upper 90s.
Remembering back to our last big heat wave, the summer of 1980, it's important to take the heat seriously. Be sure to drink lots of water and take frequent breaks if you are engaged in strenuous activities outside. Also be sure to check on elderly friends or relatives to make sure they are okay.
The video is available via iTunes.
Stay cool. More this afternoon.
-Brian-
Well, yesterday at this time we were looking for the first hurricane of the season but Chris has encountered some stronger than expected shear and he is in trouble. Visible satellite imagery showed the low level circulation of Chris to be completely detached from the deep convection located well south and southeast of that low level circulation. Chris is being maintained as a minimal tropical storm which is somewhat generous. Besides the decrease in strength, Chris took a slight turn to a more westerly course late yesterday. The result is that the future track of Chris has been shifted south of the previous tracks. Big question is whether Chris will even be able to survive. The shear is expected to slack off a bit in the area ahead of Chris, so stay tuned for the latest developments.
Elsewhere in the tropics there is little of concern. An area of disturbed weather stretched from south of the Cayman Islands across Cuba to the southern Bahamas, but there was no sign of any development in that area.
For Alabama and much of the Southeast US, our weather pattern is showing very little signs of change. The ridge aloft keeps a strong hold on the upper level pattern with surface high pressure nosing across the Southeast from the Atlantic. The upper level ridge changes little into the weekend and then strengthens on Monday. So for the next week or so there does not appear to be any reason to change the forecast of hot temperatures and isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Moring lows will be in the middle 70s while the afternoon highs will continue to reach the mid and upper 90s.
Remembering back to our last big heat wave, the summer of 1980, it's important to take the heat seriously. Be sure to drink lots of water and take frequent breaks if you are engaged in strenuous activities outside. Also be sure to check on elderly friends or relatives to make sure they are okay.
The video is available via iTunes.
Stay cool. More this afternoon.
-Brian-
on August 3, 2006, 6:34 am
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