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We will enjoy one more cool night tonight across Alabama... temperatures by daybreak tomorrow should be close to where they were early this morning. Most folks in the 50 to 55 degree range; some of the colder spots reaching the upper 40s.
Coldest place I would find this morning was Crudup, which is in Etowah county northeast of Gadsden, near Duck Springs. The mercury there dropped to 44 degrees, as recorded by an Alabama Power automated weather station.
We will maintain a dry forecast through Friday, although the NAM is trying to suggest isolated showers late Friday afternoon. The air looks a little too dry at this point.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: This is getting to be a tough forecast. Every model run looks different, but the general idea is that we will make the change from dry continental air to moist tropical air from Saturday through Monday. Trying to tell you exactly when the rain will fall is pretty hard.
I still think a few showers will form around here on Saturday as a surface boundary drifts in here from the north. Nothing especially heavy, but a few passing showers seem likely. The latest run of the GFS (12Z) now shows the front stalling out somewhere near U.S. 278, or along a line from Hamilton to Cullman to Gadsden. This would keep most of our viewing area in moist air on Sunday, and that would suggest we will need to mention a pretty good chance of a few showers and storms on Sunday. But, the 00Z run from last night showed the front making it as far south as Montgomery. We will wait on the next couple of model runs before we make any big changes in the forecast.
The 12Z run of the GFS also looks much drier for Monday, Memorial Day, with the deeper moisture shunted to the east. I sure don't buy this yet, but at least it is a possibility.
And, the 12Z run backs off on the concept of next week being really wet. Same deal... I am not buying into that; we need to see several more runs before we change our tune.
Glad J.B. Elliott is back on duty tomorrow; he will pick up the afternoon forecast shift again and he can figure all of this out. Bottom line is that we will need to mention the chance of some rain on a daily basis Saturday through Monday, during the duration of the holiday weekend. It is just very difficult now trying to be specific on exactly when the rain will fall. Stay tuned for more details!
Been very busy today, I might not have time to discuss the new Podcast project until sometime tonight. Way behind the power curve...
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
We will enjoy one more cool night tonight across Alabama... temperatures by daybreak tomorrow should be close to where they were early this morning. Most folks in the 50 to 55 degree range; some of the colder spots reaching the upper 40s.
Coldest place I would find this morning was Crudup, which is in Etowah county northeast of Gadsden, near Duck Springs. The mercury there dropped to 44 degrees, as recorded by an Alabama Power automated weather station.
We will maintain a dry forecast through Friday, although the NAM is trying to suggest isolated showers late Friday afternoon. The air looks a little too dry at this point.
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: This is getting to be a tough forecast. Every model run looks different, but the general idea is that we will make the change from dry continental air to moist tropical air from Saturday through Monday. Trying to tell you exactly when the rain will fall is pretty hard.
I still think a few showers will form around here on Saturday as a surface boundary drifts in here from the north. Nothing especially heavy, but a few passing showers seem likely. The latest run of the GFS (12Z) now shows the front stalling out somewhere near U.S. 278, or along a line from Hamilton to Cullman to Gadsden. This would keep most of our viewing area in moist air on Sunday, and that would suggest we will need to mention a pretty good chance of a few showers and storms on Sunday. But, the 00Z run from last night showed the front making it as far south as Montgomery. We will wait on the next couple of model runs before we make any big changes in the forecast.
The 12Z run of the GFS also looks much drier for Monday, Memorial Day, with the deeper moisture shunted to the east. I sure don't buy this yet, but at least it is a possibility.
And, the 12Z run backs off on the concept of next week being really wet. Same deal... I am not buying into that; we need to see several more runs before we change our tune.
Glad J.B. Elliott is back on duty tomorrow; he will pick up the afternoon forecast shift again and he can figure all of this out. Bottom line is that we will need to mention the chance of some rain on a daily basis Saturday through Monday, during the duration of the holiday weekend. It is just very difficult now trying to be specific on exactly when the rain will fall. Stay tuned for more details!
Been very busy today, I might not have time to discuss the new Podcast project until sometime tonight. Way behind the power curve...
on May 25, 2005, 9:55 pm
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