The Tuesday afternoon web video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
If you like clouds and rain, you will like our forecast through tomorrow. Same routine, cloudy with periods of rain, and maybe a little thunder. The most widespread rain will be along and south of I-20 through this evening, but the entire pattern will shift north, and those of you north of Birmingham who have been short changed on rain over the past couple of days will have your turn tomorrow (hopefully). No severe weather, but additional rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible statewide through tomorrow night.
Models diverge a bit on Thursday. The WRF takes the surface low northeast, to South Carolina, on Thursday and tries to dry us out, while the NAM and GFS leave broad low pressure on top of us with rain still likely. We will side with the NAM and GFS since they have done a fairly decent job with this current pattern, and we will maintain a good chance of rain and storms on Thursday.
Friday should feature a little sunshine with showers becoming fewer in number and more scattered.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS shows a very soupy airmass in place, with dewpoints in the upper 60s to near 70. Won't take much to squeeze out rain in that kind of pattern, especially with relatively cool air aloft for June. So, look for scattered to numerous showers and storms over the weekend, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs should be in the 80s, closer to normal levels for this time of the year.
DOWN THE ROAD: The 12Z run of the GFS introduces a strong trough over the eastern U.S. around June 12-14, and tries to drive a strong surface cold front through here, followed by dry air. Not sure I believe that, especially on one model run. We will watch for future trends.
Will make some notes on the coming hurricane season on my post here tonight... it begins tomorrow!
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
If you like clouds and rain, you will like our forecast through tomorrow. Same routine, cloudy with periods of rain, and maybe a little thunder. The most widespread rain will be along and south of I-20 through this evening, but the entire pattern will shift north, and those of you north of Birmingham who have been short changed on rain over the past couple of days will have your turn tomorrow (hopefully). No severe weather, but additional rain amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible statewide through tomorrow night.
Models diverge a bit on Thursday. The WRF takes the surface low northeast, to South Carolina, on Thursday and tries to dry us out, while the NAM and GFS leave broad low pressure on top of us with rain still likely. We will side with the NAM and GFS since they have done a fairly decent job with this current pattern, and we will maintain a good chance of rain and storms on Thursday.
Friday should feature a little sunshine with showers becoming fewer in number and more scattered.
THE WEEKEND: The GFS shows a very soupy airmass in place, with dewpoints in the upper 60s to near 70. Won't take much to squeeze out rain in that kind of pattern, especially with relatively cool air aloft for June. So, look for scattered to numerous showers and storms over the weekend, mostly during the afternoon and evening hours. Highs should be in the 80s, closer to normal levels for this time of the year.
DOWN THE ROAD: The 12Z run of the GFS introduces a strong trough over the eastern U.S. around June 12-14, and tries to drive a strong surface cold front through here, followed by dry air. Not sure I believe that, especially on one model run. We will watch for future trends.
Will make some notes on the coming hurricane season on my post here tonight... it begins tomorrow!
on May 31, 2005, 5:13 pm
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