Hot But Just Maybe…

| August 1, 2010 @ 7:22 am | 1 Reply

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It appears I could have saved a great deal of time this morning by simply re-using the Weather Xtreme Video from yesterday. If you want the short version, there is simply no signs of any substantial change for the next week or so. Now beyond that there seems to be some signs for change.

The heat and humidity just keep rolling along from day to day. Some sections of East Central and Northeast Alabama saw some showers yesterday. The slow moving showers dumped some good rains on a few spots. The pattern of afternoon heat and isolated showers will continue through about Wednesday-Thursday time frame. At that point, there seems to be the beginning of a breakdown in the strength of the upper ridge as well as a re-positioning of it to the west. This then allows a trough to drop in on the East Coast of the US.

The trough at the end of the week could drag a front into the Southeast US and increase our coverage of showers. This won’t be a huge increase, but at least better chances for catching a shower. Plus the northwesterly flow aloft could mean a drop in afternoon highs – at least down to the lower and mid 90s from the current values dancing around the 100-degree mark.

The Hurricane Center is watching two cloud masses in the tropics. The one about halfway between Africa and the Windward Islands is showing signs of increased organization. NHC put a 60 percent chance on it for becoming a tropical system in the next 48 hours. I did check the shear values for that area and they do appear low indicating somewhat favorable conditions for additional development.

SPC continued to outlook an area for slight risk of severe weather centered on the Dakotas. That area shifts slightly eastward on Day 2.

The long range outlook presents some hope for a break in the heat we’ve been enduring. Now I don’t put a great deal of emphasis on the details, but the trend in the long range is for a deep trough on the East Coast. That could spell the end of our heat by bringing cooler air into our region and dropping highs back to something akin to typical – around 90. That would be cooler! Come on down!

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Hope you enjoyed the “Henry the Heron” picture in the video. We had a great time at the beach last week, and I just had to share the picture of the heron with you. I also photographed an osprey, however, he never let me get very close so the pictures are not very good. But Henry let me get within about 6 to 8 feet of him. But he sure kept his eye on me. I hope you have a great Sunday. James Spann should be back tomorrow morning with the next Weather Xtreme Video. Godspeed.

-Brian-

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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.

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