A Super Saturday Afternoon

Well it will be hard to find anyone that can complain about this weather; it is truly a beautiful and warm afternoon. This is what spring is all about; the birds are singing, the bees are humming, the flowers are blooming and my favorite color shows itself, Spring Green. I don’t know if that is an actual color, but it is what I call it every spring. It is the point where all the new tender leaves are stretching out and the chlorophyll in the leaves hasn’t turned dark green yet. Still a vibrant and in some cases near neon green that makes everything looks fresh and new. This is one of the best times of year across Alabama. The one draw back is that the pollen is showing up today. A bit of a yellowish haze outside as all the budding and blooming trees and plants release it. Some of the greatest pollen producers are pine trees. You can look at them and see the pollen producing clusters on each limb. If you catch yourself near a group of them and a gust of winds moves through them, there is an explosion of the yellow powder off the trees. It always reminds me of when someone is putting powder sugar on a cake.

The weather is fairly similar  in many areas of the Southeast. A storm system is moving across the upper Midwest today, where some areas in the Northern Great Lakes are seeing some snow. No thank you. I will take our dusting of pollen anyday to winter weather.

The air over the Southeast is fairly dry and that means it heats and cools more effectively. That tells me that we  will have very warm afternoon and fairly cool nights. That will continue for the next few days. Most areas will see 70s this afternoon, but will quickly fall back into the upper 40s and low 50s tonight, before rebounding nicely into the mid 70s tomorrow. A quick peek of the satellite shows most area across the Southeast are experiencing mostly sunny conditions. No rain, no storms and no severe weather. It is just a fantastic spring weekend.

Category: Alabama's Weather