Gorgeous Weekend Weather

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It was certainly a beautiful day yesterday when I drove back to Birmingham from Savannah, TN, after completing the storm survey of the Hardin County, Tennessee, tornado. Yesterdays highs were very pleasant with Birmingham hitting 60 degrees – a couple of degrees above values for early February.

A dry cold front will be moving through Alabama today, but besides a few cirrus clouds and a wind shift, the front will have little impact on our weather. So make plans to get out there and enjoy a beautiful day with highs once again a bit above normal in the lower 60s.

And dry weather will continue Sunday and Monday as temperatures remain flat with highs around 60 or so. But a new short wave coming out of the northern Rockies on Monday promises to bring another shot at rain for Tuesday and early Wednesday. The short wave drops into the lower Mississippi River Valley on Tuesday with a tight closed low over Dothan by Wednesday. This should mean rain for the latter half of Tuesday and the first half of Wednesday. This is still several days out, so timing might adjust a tad one way or the other. Rainfall amounts are projected a bit lower than James noted yesterday with widespread one half to one inch amounts likely.

The short wave zips out late Wednesday with a new trough/closed low dropping into the four corners area on Thursday. The GFS is not bringing that one out straight away, so it will move slowly across New Mexico and Texas on Friday and Saturday before beginning to influence our weather. Another surface low over Alabama and Mississippi on Saturday promises another round of rain with the possibility of a wintery mix for northern Arkansas.

Voodoo land promises to remain active with a very progressive pattern bringing weather system every few days. However, on the latest model run, there is no sign of any drastic cold. JB Elliott has been watching the extreme cold over Alaska, and he observes that we usually experience something within about 7 to 8 days of observing those conditions in Alaska. So I would not be surprised to find the GFS longer range models change in the near future. Life goes on and we’ll watch to see what happens.

STORM ALERT 2008 TUESDAY NIGHT Don’t forget, our next show will be on Tuesday night at the Northport Civic Center. Doors open at 5:00 and the show begins at 7:00. Bring the whole family! Hope to see you there.

I hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for coming by the Blog. God bless.

-Brian-

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