Warm and Dry

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Heard some late night thunder just before midnight with a thunderstorm in Cleburne County. Remember, I’m in our travel trailer at Mt. Cheaha, and we even got a little rain. But the storms were isolated across North and Central Alabama yesterday afternoon. Saw lightning, too, while walking the dog without hearing any thunder which reminded me that people still think there is something called heat lightning. That, however, is not true and those flashes were coming from some thunderstorms too far off to hear the sound but not too far off to see the flashes of light.

There is some patchy fog out there this morning which should burn off fairly quickly giving way to a sunny day. Dew points are a bit lower plus the upper atmosphere has dried out a bit, so it looks good for dry weather for the next several days, perhaps until Wednesday or Thursday.

The Eastern US trough will finally jog east on Tuesday bringing Central Alabama more under the influence of the ridge to our west. However, there will be a number of small impulses moving through the weak flow which could help to enhance shower chances in the Wednesday through Friday time frame.

By Saturday and Sunday, the GFS continued to show an upper disturbance becoming a factor for us as it sets up just to our west on Friday. It moves slowly closer on Saturday becoming an open wave which may help to stimulate rain chances for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. This is verging on voodoo country, but the GFS showed something like this in the run yesterday. It will still be a showery situation, so not an all day rain or even a pattern where everyone would get wet.

SPC outlooking a large area from New England across the Ohio River Valley into the Central Plains for a slight risk of severe storms today. But the tropics remain quiet for the moment.

Long range models suggest a continuation of the troughiness across the eastern half of the country which means no signs of any really extreme heat for us. However the Southwest US may not be so lucky with a 594 height contour showing up for them in the extended period. Also interesting to note that the GFS is NOT giving us any tropical nervousness to speculate about.

Thanks for staying tuned in to the Weather Xtreme Video. James Spann will be back at the helm on Monday morning bright and early with the next edition. I hope that you have a great Sunday. God bless.

-Brian-

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