Scott Martin is an operational meteorologist, professional graphic artist, musician, husband, and father. Not only is Scott a member of the National Weather Association, but he is also the Central Alabama Chapter of the NWA president. Scott is also the co-founder of Racecast Weather, which provides forecasts for many racing series across the USA. He also supplies forecasts for the BassMaster Elite Series events including the BassMaster Classic.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The surface low responsible for the threat of strong to severe storms this morning continues to hang out over the northeastern parts of Texas and will soon move over the extreme southeastern corner of Oklahoma before entering the western parts of Arkansas.
This mid-morning update on the developing severe weather potential show that there is not that big of changes with the forecast with the exception that pressure gradient winds should stay below advisory criteria outside of thunderstorms.
It is time for our special year-end show with Greg Carbin – Top 10 2020 Meteorological Memories! Wonder if we have anything to talk about?
We’ll have showers and storms invade the area during the afternoon hours today, before the potential of strong to severe storms move in during the late-night hours tonight and through the early afternoon hours of New Year’s Day.
Wednesday will be the calm before the storms as Mother Nature plans to fire off some of her fireworks on New Year’s. After that, we enter a little stretch of nice and dry weather.
Skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy across the area as of this update, but those clouds will start to increase from the west this afternoon and evening.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a level 2 Slight Risk for severe storms for Thursday for the southwestern portions of Central Alabama.
Visibility may be reduced to less than 1/4 mile in dense fog. If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
The sun will play peek-a-boo behind some clouds today and tomorrow, before rain and storms move in late on New Year’s Eve and hangs around through the morning hours of New Year’s Day.
As of this morning’s model runs, we are looking at the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms with a cold front that will move through Central Alabama on Thursday.
A cold front moving through today may squeeze out a few raindrops, but a strong cold front will bring rain and storms to end 2020 and to start 2021 on a wet note. Here is what I have for you today.
High pressure rules the weather over the Southeastern US today which has given us maximum sunshine and noon temperatures in the 40s across Central Alabama.
