Do You Love A Rainy Night?
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Remember the song by Eddie Rabbitt?
“Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good”
When I was poking around to find those lyrics, I learned that Eddie Rabbitt died from lung cancer at the age of 56 on May 7, 1998 in Nashville. Life sure is short.
TONIGHT: I don’t think lightning will light up our sky tonight with cool, stable air in place, but it will rain pretty much all night long, with additional rain amounts of 1 inch likely, with storm totals from 1 to 2 inches. Good sleeping weather. Winds will pick up a bit as a surface low passes just south of us, perhaps gusting to 20 mph at times late tonight.
TOMORROW: The heaviest rain will move to the east, but in the wrap around moisture on the back side of the storm we will mention a continued chance of some light rain or drizzle at times during the day. Temperatures will hover around 50 degrees pretty much all day tomorrow.
SATURDAY/SUNDAY: The weather turns colder Saturday; in fact it looks like a pretty raw day with a cloudy sky, a brisk north wind, and a chance of some morning drizzle. Temperatures will hold in the low to mid 40s most of the day. Sunday will brighter as the sun returns in full force, along with a high in the upper 40s.
NEXT WEEK: The parade of storms won’t go away; the next one will bring rain back to Alabama Monday night and Tuesday. Looks like this one will have the potential for about 1/2 inch of rain. Then, much colder air invades in the wake of that storm on Wednesday. Another storm system is due in here at the end of next week, about 8 days from now, and there will be great speculation whether that one can bring some snow and ice to parts of North Alabama. No skill in being specific at this stage of the game, of course. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for more on next week and other mid-month mischief.
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February 4th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
From Atlanta.
Update…
emergency management…media…and public reports indicating snow
is a bit heavier than expected across the northeast Georgia
mountains and has started to accumulate in some of the higher
elevations…with accumulations up to six inches being reported. NAM-
WRF model best depicting the area favorable for brief moderate to
heavy snow this evening along the ridge tops near southern
Fannin/Union/towns and northern Dawson/Lumpkin/white counties.
That model shows surface temperatures and wet bulb temperatures climbing to near
or slightly above freezing by 06z tonight. In the meantime
though…additional accumulations are expected. Thus…a Winter
Weather Advisory has been issued.
February 4th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
I do remember that Eddie Rabbit song really well, couldn’t remember who sang it though. Wish I had a copy of it still . . . back in the days of cassette tapes I had taped it off that old country station 101.1 FM who are now somewhere else with a much weaker signal. But they used to play that a lot of rainy nights . . . and it made me feel good. (smile)
February 4th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Oh, James – when will the parade slow down?
Just slow down by one or two days … or will it
all last just like this until the end of March?
So much work – so little time (between the rains).
Very sorry to hear about Eddie Rabbit. Short indeed.
Always waiting and wondering if we will hear again from
some of these old friends.
To Matt, one word – iTunes. Possess it all.
February 4th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Sorry Brent: When I first read your post I thought surely you jest. I just popped over to the Peachtree City website and saw that you were not. Are there really 6 inches in some places? If so and they are only issuing a Hazardous Weather Outlook I could only assume that they are expecting it to melt soon. Otherwise, I would think these guys were crazy and you need some new weathermen.
February 4th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Hi Dora
Brasstown Bald in the Ga mountain already has a foot, but you have to remember it is 5000 feet. It is a different world from Atlanta and only 80 miles/
February 4th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
an uncle of mine passed away in the mid-60′s who played trombone for the big bands. Music is a hard life.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Hey Dora Mom & Brent: Below find current conditions for Blairsville, Ga. up in the Mtns. Also their forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Checked a number of reporting stations up in the NE part of GA. all I looked at were above freezing with rain.
Here’s Blairsville, Ga.
Andrews-Murphy Airport
Last Update on Feb 4, 9:00 pm EST
Light Rain
39 °F
(4 °C) Humidity: 100 %
Wind Speed: E 3 MPH
Barometer: 30.16″
Dewpoint: 39 °F (4 °C)
Current Forecast:
Tonight: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 38. East wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Friday: Rain. High near 40. East wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Right now, as shown above, Blairsville is at 39degrees, Dobbins AFB, Marietta is currently reporting 37degrees.