The Thursday afternoon web video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Very interesting to see the NEXRAD rain estimates this afternoon. Not a drop of rain for most all of west Alabama, just a few sprinkles over the Birmingham metro, and general light amounts (under one tenth of an inch) over east Alabama. But a few heavier showers did form earlier today and there are two small spots with 1 to 2 inches showing up; one near Gadsden, and another between Lincoln and Ohatchee. No doubt the dust was indeed settled there, but most places were high and dry.
Any lingering showers over east Alabama will end this evening, and we will be in great shape tomorrow through the weekend, with lots of sunshine and a nice warming trend. We should reach the 80 to 82 degree range easily by Saturday and Sunday. A very nice Mother's Day weekend.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z run of the GFS still suggests a chance of showers, and maybe even a thunderstorm, Monday night and Tuesday with a weakening cold front. The main upper support will pass well to the north of Alabama, so amounts probably won't be all that heavy. The GFS suggests a shower might even be possible on Wednesday, but they should be pretty isolated by then. We might have our warmest weather so far this year by Thursday of next week, with mid 80s likely and upper 80s possible. The high humidity will make it feel like summer.
MAY 13-15: Still looks wet and unsettled as a cold front stalls out over the deep south, and an upper air low forms to the west. The 12Z run shows an upper low drifting from north Arkansas down to near Memphis during the middle of the month, which could mean an extended period of wet weather here....
Thanks to my pals at Realty South for their hospitality at the 10K luncheon today, and for everyone at Shades Mountain Christian School for allowing me to speak today to the 3rd grade. Some of the high school students studying meteorology slipped in as well... didn't know we had any high school meteorology classes around here!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
Very interesting to see the NEXRAD rain estimates this afternoon. Not a drop of rain for most all of west Alabama, just a few sprinkles over the Birmingham metro, and general light amounts (under one tenth of an inch) over east Alabama. But a few heavier showers did form earlier today and there are two small spots with 1 to 2 inches showing up; one near Gadsden, and another between Lincoln and Ohatchee. No doubt the dust was indeed settled there, but most places were high and dry.
Any lingering showers over east Alabama will end this evening, and we will be in great shape tomorrow through the weekend, with lots of sunshine and a nice warming trend. We should reach the 80 to 82 degree range easily by Saturday and Sunday. A very nice Mother's Day weekend.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z run of the GFS still suggests a chance of showers, and maybe even a thunderstorm, Monday night and Tuesday with a weakening cold front. The main upper support will pass well to the north of Alabama, so amounts probably won't be all that heavy. The GFS suggests a shower might even be possible on Wednesday, but they should be pretty isolated by then. We might have our warmest weather so far this year by Thursday of next week, with mid 80s likely and upper 80s possible. The high humidity will make it feel like summer.
MAY 13-15: Still looks wet and unsettled as a cold front stalls out over the deep south, and an upper air low forms to the west. The 12Z run shows an upper low drifting from north Arkansas down to near Memphis during the middle of the month, which could mean an extended period of wet weather here....
Thanks to my pals at Realty South for their hospitality at the 10K luncheon today, and for everyone at Shades Mountain Christian School for allowing me to speak today to the 3rd grade. Some of the high school students studying meteorology slipped in as well... didn't know we had any high school meteorology classes around here!
on May 5, 2005, 8:38 pm
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