An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below, and on iTunes…
Note there will be only one video today as we are on a holiday schedule… we do back the the regular “two a days” tomorrow…
WARM AMO PHASE: Long time readers know we are in a warm phase of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; seeing a hurricane explode like Felix is no surprise during this period. Scroll down for Bill Murray’s update on Felix… a very interesting storm due to the extreme intensity, but the small radius of hurricane force winds.
That was also a scary report from the hurricane hunter last night; the flight had to be aborted due to turbulence and graupel. These missions can be very dangerous and all of them feature risk; in September 1955, a Navy P2V and its crew of nine plus two Canadian newsman were lost in the Caribbean Sea while flying in Hurricane Janet.
Felix is no threat to the Gulf of Mexico… it is locked and aimed for Central America.
THE ALABAMA STORY: How about that cluster of showers in West Alabama this morning… some spots below Tuscaloosa have received about one inch of rain since 5 a.m. Another way of the weather bringing forecasters down to their knees; these showers blew up this morning about the time forecasts of “mostly dry weather” were issued. Seems like this rain is along the boundary between the drier air over Northeast Alabama and moist air to the southwest. The dewpoint at Fort Payne has dropped to 66, but is holding close to 70 at Birmingham. The dewpoint at Demopolis is 72. Seems like the best chance of isolated showers and storms today will be along and south of a line from Muscle Shoals to Anniston.
The weather won’t change much for the mid-week period; we will maintain the risk of isolated showers and storms on a daily basis, but the best chance them will be to the southwest in the deeper moisture. Some Northeast Alabama communities like Scottsboro and Mentone might go totally dry through Thursday. Afternoon highs will rise into the low to mid 90s, but nights will be pleasant, with low to mid 60s possible over Northeast Alabama.
WEEKEND PEEK: An approaching upper trough and front should mean in increase in the number of showers and storms by the weekend ahead. It is unlikely that the front will have enough southward push to bring any really cool air in here; looks like we will have to wait until the latter half of September until we get down into the 40s or 50s.
STORM ALERT XTREME: We have set the date for Storm Alert XTREME… it will be on November 10 at the BJCC. Get more information here… I think everyone that reads this blog will love this event.
WEATHER BRAINS: Don’t forget you can listen to our weekly 30 minute netcast anytime on the web, or on iTunes. This is the show all about weather featuring many familiar voices, including our meteorologists here at ABC 33/40. You can even listen here on the blog; look for the player on the top left. We will record a new show tonight… it will be posted by early tomorrow morning.
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Enjoy the holiday!
