Here Comes The Sun
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Ahhh… the Beatles…
“Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s alright
Little darling
It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It’s alright”
Thanks to James from Tuscaloosa for that suggestion; very appropriate with the sun now breaking out across the state for the first time in days.
TOMORROW: We are still promising a beautiful day to wrap up the work week, with ample sunshine and a high in the low 70s. The weather around here will finally feel like spring.
WEEKEND STORM SYSTEM: Saturday will be mild and breezy with a mix of sun and clouds. We might even reach the mid 70s Saturday afternoon, ahead of a cold front that will bring sharp changes Sunday.
STORMY SUNDAY MORNING: The models continue to trend deeper and slower with our weekend system. The NAM and the GFS hint the best chance of rain and storms will come from 2:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Dynamics are very impressive with very high uvv values, but the thermodynamics remain very weak with no surface based instability. Watch the Weather Xtreme video for details; should we actually wind up with some instability, severe storms could very well be a possibility. We are projecting rain amounts of 1/2 to 1 inch statewide.
And, as the storms move out during the midday hours Sunday, colder air moves in. Sunday looks like a day with a high around 60 degrees just prior to the arrival of the storms, followed by temperatures falling into the mid to upper 40s during the afternoon with lingering clouds and a brisk northwest wind.
NEXT WEEK: The 12Z GFS keeps moisture over Alabama Monday, with low clouds and even some risk of drizzle during the morning hours. This solution will keep everybody above freezing; the GFS MOS shows a low of 39 degrees for Birmingham early Monday. The high will be limited to the low 50s Monday if the clouds do indeed hang around. Tuesday and Wednesday will be dry and warmer, with a high around 70 Wednesday. Then, our weather turns wet again with periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm or two on Thursday and Friday.
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March 18th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Yea, Thanks James in Tuscaloosa for that idea, where did you get it…. just sayin…
March 18th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
What is uvv?
March 18th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Is it my imagination or are those mammatas (sp?) clouds as you look north from UAB? It looks very odd for a no severe weather situaion.
March 18th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Nice day here in Corner, AL. Sun made a much needed appearance for about 3 hours this afternoon, but it triggered some stormy looking clouds that moved in from the ESE. Surface winds were out of the NNW for much of the day, and I swore I heard a thunder clap or two around 4pm.
Here’s to a great Friday y’all!
March 18th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Yeah, stormy looking clouds in Hoover. Haven’t heard any thunder, though. The clouds just look questionable.
March 18th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I can’t take all the credit, since Sue mentioned it almost an hour before I posted the YouTube link.
Sue Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
HERE COMES THE SUN – Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right
Beatles (and everyone in No. Ala.)
March 18th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Wow – I think you have a song for every type of weather – cool stuff. I can only imagine what your iTunes library looks like.
And mine is actually pretty varied. That next storm system is really bugging me – just a little bit of instability could make so much difference. But oh well – to focus on the positives – today was nicer, tomorrow looks gorgeous, and even Saturday isn’t looking so bad. You could maybe use Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up The Sun” for tomorrow. 
March 19th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Rebecca and Steph, thanks for reassuring me I wasn’t seeing things! Around 4:30 p.m. very ominious mammatus clouds were over the Inverness area of Hoover and even my home in Helena and persisted for a long time. One cloud to the west over northern Shelby County *looked* to have a very well defined, clearly attached to the parent cloud wall clound (no rotation of course) that would have definately got my attention on a day with a prediction for severe weather. Very odd cloud day, my wife and I both commented on it wondering why such scary looking but harmless clouds formed today. Alabama weather, always interesting!
March 19th, 2010 at 1:16 am
I’m happy. Looks like the AO starts to turn neutral to slightly positive April 1st, As well as the NAO. And the PNA is fully positive. So with ridging in the west and weak to no trofing in the east U.S on April 1st it looks like the threat of a harder freeze is getting very small. Though a light freeze or frost can not be ruled out around April 5th to 10th after a period of warm up of nice seasonal temperatures in the last day of March and the first days of April. I’m looking forward to the spring warmth and new growth after this harsh cold winter. Watch for a explosion of green leaves and flowers April 1st as the brunt of spring weather begins.
March 19th, 2010 at 5:23 am
did he say “doo doo”???
huh huh.
huh huh.