Here is the morning advisory from the U.S. Weather Bureau back on this date in 1957 as tropical depression number one was over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. The depression would intensify rapidly into Hurricane Audrey, which smashed into the Southwest Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of June 27, 1957. It is interesting to note that there was no single center issuing hurricane forecasts in 1957. In 1935, the hurricane warning service was revamped and hurricane forecast centers were established at Jacksonville, New Orleans, Boston and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
BULLETIN 4 AM CST JUNE 25 1957
THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE NIGHT. IT WAS ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AT 4 AM CST. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT IT IS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY AND A SLOW NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH IN SQUALLS NEAR THE CENTER.
SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SHOULD NOT VENTURE INTO THE OPEN GULF.
THE NEXT RELEASE WILL BE AT 10 AM CST UNLESS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE.
KRAFT WEATHER BUREAU NEW ORLEANS
Today in Weather History
June 24, 2005, 11:05 pm
by Bill Murray
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Hot, Hazy, and Humid
June 24, 2005, 7:14 am
It may be a cliche' but it accurately describes the forecast for today and this weekend! The heat, the haze, and ever-increasing humidity will make for a less-than-comfortable weekend, unless you happen to be one of the lucky ones to get underneath one of the showers that develop!
Today, the ridge (high) that has kept the cap on widespread rain this week is weakening and moving east toward the Atlantic Coast. Because of the way ridges work, spreading air away from the center in a clock-wise direction, the same feature that has kept the weather relatively dry will help bring more widely scattered showers and some afternoon thunderstorms back to Alabama this weekend. A stubborn upper-air low over Florida will get caught up in the ridge's circulation tonight, and that moisture will push northwest toward the central Gulf Coast. As moisture increases around here, look for an increased chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm starting Sunday afternoon, lasting through the middle of next week.
As is the case in the summertime, afternoon high temperatures will really only change by a degree or two each day. The only real changes from day to day will be whether or not you see a shower or not! Rain is not expected to occur on a widespread basis for the next 7 days, but showers and thunderstorms could overspread a large chunk of the state each afternoon next week!
Today, the ridge (high) that has kept the cap on widespread rain this week is weakening and moving east toward the Atlantic Coast. Because of the way ridges work, spreading air away from the center in a clock-wise direction, the same feature that has kept the weather relatively dry will help bring more widely scattered showers and some afternoon thunderstorms back to Alabama this weekend. A stubborn upper-air low over Florida will get caught up in the ridge's circulation tonight, and that moisture will push northwest toward the central Gulf Coast. As moisture increases around here, look for an increased chance of a scattered shower or thunderstorm starting Sunday afternoon, lasting through the middle of next week.
As is the case in the summertime, afternoon high temperatures will really only change by a degree or two each day. The only real changes from day to day will be whether or not you see a shower or not! Rain is not expected to occur on a widespread basis for the next 7 days, but showers and thunderstorms could overspread a large chunk of the state each afternoon next week!
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Today in Weather History
June 23, 2005, 11:20 pm
This is the initial advisory on 1957's tropical depression number one that wold intensify radidly into Hurricane Audrey. Audrey would bring terrible loss of life to the coastal sections of southwestern Louisiana.
BULLETIN
1030PM CST JUNE 24 1957
NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AT 1030 PM CST. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. INDICATIONS ARE FOR NORTHWARD MOVEMEN OF THE DEPRESSION. SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SHOULD NOT VENTURE INTO THE OPEN GULF. NEXT RELEASE WILL BE AT 4 AM CST UNLESS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE.
KRAFT WEATHER BUREAU NEW ORLEANS
The new depression was directly south of Cameron, LA. The storm would become Hurricane Audrey, moving northward over the next 3 days and striking near the town of Cameron, causing extreme loss of life. More all weekend.
BULLETIN
1030PM CST JUNE 24 1957
NEW ORLEANS WEATHER BUREAU
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS AT 1030 PM CST. HIGHEST WINDS ARE ESTIMATED ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. INDICATIONS ARE FOR NORTHWARD MOVEMEN OF THE DEPRESSION. SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SHOULD NOT VENTURE INTO THE OPEN GULF. NEXT RELEASE WILL BE AT 4 AM CST UNLESS DEVELOPMENTS WARRANT AN EARLIER RELEASE.
KRAFT WEATHER BUREAU NEW ORLEANS
The new depression was directly south of Cameron, LA. The storm would become Hurricane Audrey, moving northward over the next 3 days and striking near the town of Cameron, causing extreme loss of life. More all weekend.
by Bill Murray
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Another Far Out Post
June 23, 2005, 8:48 pm
Just read Brian's post from Boston, so I figured I would chime in here with a few notes from Orlando, where I have been all week for a Disney World getaway with my family.
I totally agree about Brian's take on viewing clouds from 30,000 feet. I took this image from the plane early this week, somewhere between Birmingham and Orlando:
The weather down here has been generally wet, but quite frankly it has worked in our favor. Very little problems with heat, and the rain has knocked the crowds down a bit so the lines aren't too bad. We were soaked only once, in a dash between a boat ride and the Italian restaurant at Epcot.
I have been very pleased with our Disney experience; here are some notes:
*We are at a villa in the Saratoga Springs Resort, a new community in the Disney complex across the lagoon from Downtown Disney. Very, very nice. You get a pretty good degree of privacy, but you are very close to everything. A great view of the nightly fireworks over at Downtown Disney from the patio.
*The Fast Pass concept works very well. Be sure and use Fast Pass as much as possible if you come down here this summer. It will save a ton of time waiting in lines; you take a ticket, and are given a time when you can come back with little or no wait.
*Tried Blizzard Beach for the first time; a water park here at the complex. Thumbs up from everyone... lines weren't too bad and there was something for all ages. This wasn't in the original plan, but I am glad we went over there.
*The "coolest" new ride was the Tower of Terror at MGM Studios; one of my favorites was the new "soaring" ride at Epcot. It gives you the feel of being in a hang glider over a variety of scenes. Very, very good.
Enough of this for now... I have done a pretty good job of staying away from the laptop this week. Back to having fun! I will be back in the saddle Monday of next week, June 27. Thanks to the guys at home for covering all the various elements of my day!
I have been very pleased with our Disney experience; here are some notes:
*We are at a villa in the Saratoga Springs Resort, a new community in the Disney complex across the lagoon from Downtown Disney. Very, very nice. You get a pretty good degree of privacy, but you are very close to everything. A great view of the nightly fireworks over at Downtown Disney from the patio.
*The Fast Pass concept works very well. Be sure and use Fast Pass as much as possible if you come down here this summer. It will save a ton of time waiting in lines; you take a ticket, and are given a time when you can come back with little or no wait.
*Tried Blizzard Beach for the first time; a water park here at the complex. Thumbs up from everyone... lines weren't too bad and there was something for all ages. This wasn't in the original plan, but I am glad we went over there.
*The "coolest" new ride was the Tower of Terror at MGM Studios; one of my favorites was the new "soaring" ride at Epcot. It gives you the feel of being in a hang glider over a variety of scenes. Very, very good.
Enough of this for now... I have done a pretty good job of staying away from the laptop this week. Back to having fun! I will be back in the saddle Monday of next week, June 27. Thanks to the guys at home for covering all the various elements of my day!
by James Spann
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The View from Above, How Grand
June 23, 2005, 6:17 pmIt’s always amazing to me every time it happens. To be in the air with the clouds and watch from a different angle what we see everyday from the ground. Today I flew to Charlotte and then on to Boston where I’ll be attending WSI’s Broadcast User Group meeting. I hope to gain new knowledge on the graphic system we use to present the weather on 3340.
But right now as I write this in Andover, just north of Boston, I’m reveling in the getting here. I’ve been fascinated by weather nearly all my life. There is so much to see in the sky if we take the time to do it. Many of us – and count me in that group – are fascinated by the most extreme weather like hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms or winter weather. But there is weather everyday that presents us with a variety of visual stimulation – pretty mundane but with so much to see.
What made today interesting is to be able to look at the weather from the sky. It is such a different perspective to be there traveling through the puffy cumulus clouds. To be floating through the ice crystals that make up the thin wispy clouds we see so often is just fabulous. To be looking down on a field of cumulus that stretches out of sight is awesome.
There wasn’t anything strange or unusual about the trip to Boston. No thunderstorms, no hurricanes, no rain, no turbulence, just some clear skies, some cumulus clouds, some cirrus clouds - but what a view. I just marvel every time that I get an opportunity to fly, to see the weather from the sky.
By coming all the way to Boston, I’ve also been able to escape the heat of central Alabama. But not for long. I just caught the evening weather forecast from one of the Boston stations, and they’re expecting UPPER 90s here on Saturday. Guess I made a good forecast when I packed my shorts!!
Enjoy the sky,
-Brian-
by Brian Peters
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Hazy Sunshine
June 23, 2005, 7:12 am
It's your standard forecast for a dry Alabama summertime day: hot, hazy sunshine. A sprawling ridge of high pressure west of us today will provide a northwest wind aloft and very light winds down here close to the ground. That presents two problems for us today: one, it gets hotter this afternoon, and two, with the light winds and a subsidence inversion above 10,000 feet, haze and ground level ozone will be a problem, especially in Jefferson and Shelby Counties. The highest concentration of air pollution is in North Birmingham today.
That ridge that is giving us the hot, hazy weather will begin to weaken this weekend, which could give an upper air low to our east a chance to spread some additional clouds and a few isolated thunderstorms into the state on Saturday afternoon. The best chance of rain will be well southeast of Birmingham, though, in places like Dothan, Phenix City, and Montgomery. By Sunday, that upper air low should start to move a little more to the west, and that will increase our chance of rain; however, don't look for any widespread soaking rains anytime soon! The rain by Sunday and early next week will be in a scattered fashion with some spots getting a heavy downpour and others staying bone dry!
Because of the scattered nature of thunderstorms, next week's high temperatures should stay in the upper 80s to lower 90s with morning lows near 70 degrees.
That ridge that is giving us the hot, hazy weather will begin to weaken this weekend, which could give an upper air low to our east a chance to spread some additional clouds and a few isolated thunderstorms into the state on Saturday afternoon. The best chance of rain will be well southeast of Birmingham, though, in places like Dothan, Phenix City, and Montgomery. By Sunday, that upper air low should start to move a little more to the west, and that will increase our chance of rain; however, don't look for any widespread soaking rains anytime soon! The rain by Sunday and early next week will be in a scattered fashion with some spots getting a heavy downpour and others staying bone dry!
Because of the scattered nature of thunderstorms, next week's high temperatures should stay in the upper 80s to lower 90s with morning lows near 70 degrees.
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