No afternoon video today… but you can watch the morning Weather Xtreme video in the player below, or on iTunes. We will be producing one video per day through Sunday as we go on a holiday schedule…
Not much to add to the morning discussion… dry weather continues through Sunday with a day to day warming trend. Sure feels good this afternoon, and we should be in the low 70s by Friday and the weekend.
NEXT WEEK: A quick peek at the 12Z GFS shows it is trending more toward the ECMWF solution. It holds off the cold front now to Thursday thanks to the strength of the ridge over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida. And, it also reduces the amount of cold air that reaches Alabama. But, you will probably see a dozen different solutions in coming days; it makes no sense to focus on any one run, one way or another.
The main point is that we should have a robust weather system in here during the latter half of next week, possibly followed by a sharp change to colder temperatures. You can’t ignore the strength of the cold air building over Alaska and the western part of Canada now. The mercury dropped to -42 at at Chalkyitsik (anyone know how to pronounce that one?) and Chandalar Lake, AK. This is amazingly cold for the day before Thanksgiving. Will be fun to watch this airmass over the next 10 to 15 days.
WEATHER BRAINS: Nope, we aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, but we do bring on guests that are genuine weather brains. Check out the new edition of our weekly 30 minute podcast; we interview the MIC (meteorologist in charge) of the Wilmington, NC National Weather Service office over the warning process during their deadly tornado outbreak last week. Interesting stuff; David Black does a great job of putting that show together.
I will have one video tomorrow and a couple of blog discussions, so check in if you have a minute or two between eating turkey and watching football on TV. I have worked every Thanksgiving since 1973, when I was a DJ on WTBC in Tuscaloosa in highs school. Working holidays just comes with the territory. Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!
