Cooler Days Ahead

The Tuesday morning web video is on the server:

http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb

While today will be pretty warm with temperatures well up in the 80s, humidity values will be lower making for a more comfortable day. Then tonight, cooler air rotates into the state, and we are talking lows down in the low 50s early tomorrow. Some of the colder spots could reach the upper 40s. Not bad for late May in Alabama.

Looks like most communities won't see 80 tomorrow as the cooler air flows in here. The dry air will mean lots of sunshine.

The latest run of the GFS shows a little vort max over Muscle Shoals on Thursday, and it tries to spit out a few rain showers around here. The NAM doesn't show this feature, and with the air being so dry for the moment we won't mention any chance of showers on Thursday. Friday at this point looks dry and comfortable, and any showers will be very isolated.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: We should be in good shape on Saturday, but rain will return before the long weekend is over. The latest GFS moves moisture back into the state on Sunday, and we will probably go ahead and bring back a chance of rain on Sunday on the afternoon forecast package later today. Monday will be mostly cloudy with a few showers and storms around here.

WET WEEK? The GFS sure looks wet next week, in the May 30-June 3 time frame. That is probably not very convenient, but wouldn't that be great to knock out that five inch rain deficit for the year before we get into the long hot summer. Most importantly, that would get the soil good and moist which will help to keep the summer heat in check.

INTERN SEASON: Need to mention that the summer intern season is here; you will probably see some posts here from new names; these are students in the meteorology program at Mississippi State that spend some time with us during the next couple of months!