The Monday afternoon map discussion video is on the web, and available on iTunes:
http://www.jamesspann.com/
Again a reminder the video is available in both Windows Media and Quicktime format. Just follow the link to the main jamesspann.com page above and you can see both versions there. And, iTunes is always the third option. Take your pick.
The video and blog discussion is coming a little early today; see the morning post about my 2:00 p.m. appointment in Tuscaloosa. I am looking forward to seeing my friends there. Wish I had time for lunch at the City Cafe in Northport!
TODAY: Visible satellite images show the western third of the state is bathed in sunshine right now, while the clouds are thicker on the eastern side of the state. We have a few showers in East Alabama under those clouds. Showers for the rest of the day should remain fairly isolated, but the differential heating between the sunny west and the cloudy east could bring some healthy storms up later along the I-65 corridor.
MID-WEEK: A surface front will approach Alabama tomorrow night, and we should see an increase in the number of scattered afternoon showers and storms. The new 12Z version of the GFS continues to push the front down to near I-59 on Wednesday, and that means places like Cullman, Hamilton, Muscle Shoals, and Huntsville might get into drier air with no rain at all on Wednesday. We will continue to mention a chance of scattered showers and storms from Gadsden, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa southward. That front should dissipate on Thursday, and scattered, mainly afternoon storms will be possible statewide. Afternoon temperatures during the mid-week period should pretty close to 90 degrees, or maybe a degree or two warmer in spots.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY: No real reason to depart from the normal summer forecast. Yep, we get really tired of saying and typing "scattered, mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms", but that tells the story on most summer days in Alabama. That is why the headline here says "Looking Forward To Fall"... c'mon October. Highs for the weekend should generally be in the low 90s.
The GFS does advertise another weakening surface front approaching by Monday of next week which might enhance the number of showers and storms by then.
TROPICS: Two hot spots... one is east of Daytona Beach and just north of the Bahamas; pressures are falling now and a tropical depression seems to be forming. That thing might stay out there for a while since the steering currents have collapsed. The other one is in the far eastern Atlantic between the Cape Verde Islands and the coast of Africa. Needless to say that one is way out there, but we will keep an eye on it. It could become a tropical depression.
I am amazed at the quality of digital pictures we see almost every day...we post as many as we can here on the blog. Thanks to all of you who take the time to share with us. Check out the three images below this post.
The next map discussion video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow....
http://www.jamesspann.com/
Again a reminder the video is available in both Windows Media and Quicktime format. Just follow the link to the main jamesspann.com page above and you can see both versions there. And, iTunes is always the third option. Take your pick.
The video and blog discussion is coming a little early today; see the morning post about my 2:00 p.m. appointment in Tuscaloosa. I am looking forward to seeing my friends there. Wish I had time for lunch at the City Cafe in Northport!
TODAY: Visible satellite images show the western third of the state is bathed in sunshine right now, while the clouds are thicker on the eastern side of the state. We have a few showers in East Alabama under those clouds. Showers for the rest of the day should remain fairly isolated, but the differential heating between the sunny west and the cloudy east could bring some healthy storms up later along the I-65 corridor.
MID-WEEK: A surface front will approach Alabama tomorrow night, and we should see an increase in the number of scattered afternoon showers and storms. The new 12Z version of the GFS continues to push the front down to near I-59 on Wednesday, and that means places like Cullman, Hamilton, Muscle Shoals, and Huntsville might get into drier air with no rain at all on Wednesday. We will continue to mention a chance of scattered showers and storms from Gadsden, Birmingham, and Tuscaloosa southward. That front should dissipate on Thursday, and scattered, mainly afternoon storms will be possible statewide. Afternoon temperatures during the mid-week period should pretty close to 90 degrees, or maybe a degree or two warmer in spots.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY: No real reason to depart from the normal summer forecast. Yep, we get really tired of saying and typing "scattered, mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms", but that tells the story on most summer days in Alabama. That is why the headline here says "Looking Forward To Fall"... c'mon October. Highs for the weekend should generally be in the low 90s.
The GFS does advertise another weakening surface front approaching by Monday of next week which might enhance the number of showers and storms by then.
TROPICS: Two hot spots... one is east of Daytona Beach and just north of the Bahamas; pressures are falling now and a tropical depression seems to be forming. That thing might stay out there for a while since the steering currents have collapsed. The other one is in the far eastern Atlantic between the Cape Verde Islands and the coast of Africa. Needless to say that one is way out there, but we will keep an eye on it. It could become a tropical depression.
I am amazed at the quality of digital pictures we see almost every day...we post as many as we can here on the blog. Thanks to all of you who take the time to share with us. Check out the three images below this post.
The next map discussion video will be posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow....
on August 14, 2006, 2:46 pm
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