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Unlike yesterday, there is basically nothing showing up on radar this afternoon across the northern half of Alabama. I guess one or two showers might form over the next couple of hours, but they will be few and far between. The weather looks good for the high school football games tonight with only a small risk of a brief shower for any one stadium. Temperatures will fall from the low 80s into the 70s by the fourth quarter.
THE WEEKEND: Not much change for tomorrow and Sunday. We cannot rule out a brief afternoon shower or storm in a few spots, but many neighborhoods will stay dry with little in the day of dynamic forcing. Highs will be generally in the 86 to 90 degree range.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z run of the GFS continues the idea of Tuesday being the day next week with the greatest coverage of showers and storms. A cold front moves through early Wednesday, pushing the showers out of the state, and for now the latter half of the week looks dry and pleasant.
TROPICAL: Florence should remain well east of the U.S.... but could threaten the island of Bermuda Monday morning. Still a decent chance the system will be a hurricane by then, but for now it continues to fight dry air in the lower levels and some shear aloft. Top winds remain around 50 mph.
Elsewhere, a decent wave moved off the African coast about 12 hours ago in the far eastern Atlantic, but there is no sign of development. Low pressure waves continue to move from the northeast Gulf of Mexico through North Florida and into the Atlantic, but they are not true tropical systems.
LONG RANGE: The GFS shows a really nice upper trough over much of the eastern U.S. in about two weeks; maybe that will be the one to get parts of Alabama down in the 40s. Watch the video for more...
PRIME TIME: Don't forget to check out our 10th anniversary special Sunday evening from 6:00 until 7:00... ABC 33/40 turned 10 this month and we will look back at all of the stories and weather events we have covered. We will have a "weather only" 10 year special around the end of October.... we are in the process of putting that one together right now.
Brian Peters will have the map discussion videos over the weekend; I will return bright and early Monday morning. Have a great weekend and spend some quality time with your family!
http://www.jamesspann.com/
Unlike yesterday, there is basically nothing showing up on radar this afternoon across the northern half of Alabama. I guess one or two showers might form over the next couple of hours, but they will be few and far between. The weather looks good for the high school football games tonight with only a small risk of a brief shower for any one stadium. Temperatures will fall from the low 80s into the 70s by the fourth quarter.
THE WEEKEND: Not much change for tomorrow and Sunday. We cannot rule out a brief afternoon shower or storm in a few spots, but many neighborhoods will stay dry with little in the day of dynamic forcing. Highs will be generally in the 86 to 90 degree range.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z run of the GFS continues the idea of Tuesday being the day next week with the greatest coverage of showers and storms. A cold front moves through early Wednesday, pushing the showers out of the state, and for now the latter half of the week looks dry and pleasant.
TROPICAL: Florence should remain well east of the U.S.... but could threaten the island of Bermuda Monday morning. Still a decent chance the system will be a hurricane by then, but for now it continues to fight dry air in the lower levels and some shear aloft. Top winds remain around 50 mph.
Elsewhere, a decent wave moved off the African coast about 12 hours ago in the far eastern Atlantic, but there is no sign of development. Low pressure waves continue to move from the northeast Gulf of Mexico through North Florida and into the Atlantic, but they are not true tropical systems.
LONG RANGE: The GFS shows a really nice upper trough over much of the eastern U.S. in about two weeks; maybe that will be the one to get parts of Alabama down in the 40s. Watch the video for more...
PRIME TIME: Don't forget to check out our 10th anniversary special Sunday evening from 6:00 until 7:00... ABC 33/40 turned 10 this month and we will look back at all of the stories and weather events we have covered. We will have a "weather only" 10 year special around the end of October.... we are in the process of putting that one together right now.
Brian Peters will have the map discussion videos over the weekend; I will return bright and early Monday morning. Have a great weekend and spend some quality time with your family!
on September 8, 2006, 2:50 pm
I'm 38 and this is the warmest summer/year that I can remember, sure, there has been hot spells during summer, but not months on end of 95° and above temps in my lifetime.
The NWS HUN says the average is YEAR-TO-DATE IS NOW 65.7 DEGREES (STILL GOING UP
DESPITE THE COOLER TEMPS)
second only behind 1925 when it was 66.6°, so I'm not just getting wimpy in my old age,LOL.
You have to doubt those 1925 numbers because of the instruments used, like I doubt there was any fan in the thermometer boxes to move the air.
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