The Tuesday afternoon ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available on the player below, and on iTunes:
ONE MORE: Tomorrow will be another sunny day with a high in the low 60s. A few clouds might show up by mid to late afternoon, but there will be a good supply of sunshine.
WET WEATHER RETURNS: Rain will return to Alabama Thursday and Friday with the latest storm ejecting from the FCSM (Four Corners Storm Machine). The latest QPF (Quantitative Precipitation Forecast) has ramped up the rain totals… suggest parts of West Alabama might receive three inches of rain. That sounds a little aggressive to me; I still think for now it is best to forecast one to two inches of rain statewide, with some potential for locally heavier amounts. Some thunder will be involved, but the chance of severe weather is very tiny for this part of Alabama. The severe weather risk should mainly limited to the immediate Gulf coast region. And, it looks like the most significant rain will come from about 12:00 Noon Thursday to 12:00 Noon Friday.
THE WEEKEND: Still looks like we might be able to squeeze in a mostly dry day on Saturday before more rain returns to the state late in the weekend. The latest run (12Z) of the GFS is a little slower with that system; it suggests the best chance of rain will come from about 4:00 p.m. Sunday through 12:00 Noon Monday. Like the last couple of systems, amounts of over inch are likely, but severe weather is not expected.
LONG RANGE: Watch the video and you will see the GFS builds a 1060 mb Arctic High over the Northwest Territories of Canada by January 12. Very cold air will cover the northern half of North America from that point on through the rest of January, and we will be watching for any sign of an upper air pattern change that would bring some of that down this way. I get the idea if we do see a big change to cold weather later in the month, the cold air will be shallow. And, if the FCSM keeps cranking out the hits, somebody across the Deep South might be dealing with freezing rain and ice in that shallow cold air. It will be interesting to watch it all unfold as the month progresses.
WEATHER BRAINS: We will be recording a new WeatherBrains show tonight (our weekly 30 minute netcast)… it will be posted on the web and on iTunes early tomorrow morning… we will get back to the regular schedule next week (record on Monday night, post early Tuesday morning).
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I will have the next Weather Xtreme video posted by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow!
