The dew point is one of the weather measurements that I pay very close attention to. It is a better indication of how dry the air is instead of the relative humidity...It is also a key indicator in forecasting nighttime low temperatures.
Enough of that...here comes the lower (translation: enjoyable) dew points.
At mid-morning the southward moving cold front appeared to be near the Prattville exit on Interstate 65 south--moving into the Montgomery area. The dew points were still between 70-73 over South Alabama but were between 53 and 55 over the North where a nice north breeze made it feel like indoor air-conditioning.
Up over Missouri and North Arkansas, the dew point was in the 40s.
Only Extreme Southeast Alabama still getting showers.
The line of showers that moved through with the cold front overnight brought some more good rain amounts. It is great that in the last 24 hours, many parts of Alabama got good rainfall amounts separated by a number of hours. It is more beneficial that way.
We need to stockpile all the rain that we can as we approach our traditionally driest time of the year--especially October. We can have some very severe droughts in autumn.
ONE OF OUR WORST DROUGHTS
It happened in late 1924. Would you believe that Birmingham got a mere 0.01 rainfall between September 29 and December 4. That is over two months (9 weeks) that it did not rain enough to wet the sidewalk.
SOME RAINFALL FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS--MONDAY AND OVERNIGHT
1.04 inches at Birmingham Airport
1.13 at Tuscaloosa Airport
1.94 in Troy
0.60 at Anniston Airport
1.08 in DeSoto State Park
1.68 in Blountsville
2.10 at Blount Springs
1.53 at Colvin Gap (along Calhoun-Etowah County line)
1.46 at Oak Grove (West Jefferson County)
2.10 in Oneonta
1.03 at Rock Run (Cherokee County)
0.98 at Roanoke
1.25 at Steele (Extreme North St.Clair County)
1.10 at Holt Dam (East side of Tuscaloosa)
1.05 at Trafford (NE Jefferson)
0.94 at Wadley
0.98 at Jordon Dam
Those amounts are a representive sampling. Dozens of other communities received good amounts.
FINAL NOTES
Out walking early this morning...the atmosphere was sharp and clear. Everything so fresh and green--made me think of the Minnesota North Woods. Never been there but it is high on my list. Have been deep into Wisconsin. We even heard two old crows talking to each other this morning. Maybe they have been in hiding till it cools.
James is going to come up with a winter outlook that will be posted here soon. Looking forward to that. We have been asked about that a lot lately. I was standing in the Poptart isle at a local supermarket last week (admiring and smiling but not touching or buying) A person that knew me passed by and asked about the winter. Lots of interest.
Enough of that...here comes the lower (translation: enjoyable) dew points.
At mid-morning the southward moving cold front appeared to be near the Prattville exit on Interstate 65 south--moving into the Montgomery area. The dew points were still between 70-73 over South Alabama but were between 53 and 55 over the North where a nice north breeze made it feel like indoor air-conditioning.
Up over Missouri and North Arkansas, the dew point was in the 40s.
Only Extreme Southeast Alabama still getting showers.
The line of showers that moved through with the cold front overnight brought some more good rain amounts. It is great that in the last 24 hours, many parts of Alabama got good rainfall amounts separated by a number of hours. It is more beneficial that way.
We need to stockpile all the rain that we can as we approach our traditionally driest time of the year--especially October. We can have some very severe droughts in autumn.
ONE OF OUR WORST DROUGHTS
It happened in late 1924. Would you believe that Birmingham got a mere 0.01 rainfall between September 29 and December 4. That is over two months (9 weeks) that it did not rain enough to wet the sidewalk.
SOME RAINFALL FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS--MONDAY AND OVERNIGHT
1.04 inches at Birmingham Airport
1.13 at Tuscaloosa Airport
1.94 in Troy
0.60 at Anniston Airport
1.08 in DeSoto State Park
1.68 in Blountsville
2.10 at Blount Springs
1.53 at Colvin Gap (along Calhoun-Etowah County line)
1.46 at Oak Grove (West Jefferson County)
2.10 in Oneonta
1.03 at Rock Run (Cherokee County)
0.98 at Roanoke
1.25 at Steele (Extreme North St.Clair County)
1.10 at Holt Dam (East side of Tuscaloosa)
1.05 at Trafford (NE Jefferson)
0.94 at Wadley
0.98 at Jordon Dam
Those amounts are a representive sampling. Dozens of other communities received good amounts.
FINAL NOTES
Out walking early this morning...the atmosphere was sharp and clear. Everything so fresh and green--made me think of the Minnesota North Woods. Never been there but it is high on my list. Have been deep into Wisconsin. We even heard two old crows talking to each other this morning. Maybe they have been in hiding till it cools.
James is going to come up with a winter outlook that will be posted here soon. Looking forward to that. We have been asked about that a lot lately. I was standing in the Poptart isle at a local supermarket last week (admiring and smiling but not touching or buying) A person that knew me passed by and asked about the winter. Lots of interest.
on September 19, 2006, 11:24 am
Thank you for mentioning about the tornado in MN.
My brother Greg lived next door to the home where Jaymi Wendt was killed Sat. night by the F2 tornado in Rogers. There was no warning with this tornado but his wife and children got to the basement safely while the tornado was occurring. Their home suffered major damage and will have to be torn down. Several of the Twin Cities news networks have interviewed him and his family and I was able to see the interviews on line. We are so thankful they were okay! Please pray for Jaymi Wendt's family as well as all the others who are homeless because of the tornado's destruction.
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