The Thursday afternoon edition of the Weather Xtreme Video is on the player below, and also available on iTunes….
TORNADO DISASTER: At least nine people are dead from this morning’s North Carolina tornado… go to our sister site weatherparty.com for more on that, and a ton of other weather news (including lots of stories on the Deep South tornado outbreak yesterday)…
THE ALABAMA STORY: As expected, this has been a cold, raw wintry day across Alabama with low clouds, light rain, and some drizzle at times. Temperatures have gone nowhere; holding in the 40s all day as forecast. We note our SKYCAM site atop Mount Cheaha is showing 39 degrees as I write this shortly before 3:00 in the afternoon. Our average high for November 16 is 65!
Clouds will move out tonight, and we will enjoy sunshine in full force tomorrow and Saturday. We expect a high near 60 tomorrow, and in the low to mid 60s on Saturday. Then, another surge of colder air begins to flow in here Sunday as high temperatures drop into the low 50s.
EARLY NEXT WEEK: The upper trough really deepens over Alabama again on Monday. You cannot ignore the strength of that trough, and we could wind up with a day like today. Clouds, some light rain or drizzle, and temperatures in the 40s all day. With the projected thickness values you have to wonder if a few snow flakes might be found over the high terrain of Northeast Alabama Monday or Monday night.
Sunshine should return on Tuesday, and the rest of Thanksgiving week should be dry and cool with temperatures remaining below normal.
SPECIAL THANKS to Bill Murray, J.B. Elliott, Jason Simpson, Brian Peters, and John Oldshue for their support yesterday. While the big severe weather event was just south here, we were ready in case it happened here. We have come a long way in our weather operation over the years, and now with blogs, podcasts, webcasts, and live streams in addition to regular radio and TV it takes lots of manpower to make all of this happen. Brian and John were in the field; Brian in StormChaser 33/40, and John in yet another chase vehicle equipped with a live Internet video stream we can take on the air. J.B. and Jason were with me here in the ABC 33/40 Weather Center, and Bill Murray was blogging all day. These guys are the best; I am honored to work such a dedicated crew. I learned long ago one of the big ways to be a success is to surround yourself with good people.
I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
