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Anyone remember the song by Wet Willie?
“One Friday evenin’
What a feelin’, feel like singin’
Tired of workin’, my mind is buzzin’
Feel like dancin’ yes I do
But you gotta make the best of life while you’re young
Good people, weekend
Do just what you wanna do, weekend
When those workin’ days are through
Weekend, weekend, weekend
Weekend, weekend
You know it’s time to get away, weekend
I wanna hear ev’rybody say
Weekend, weekend, weekend”
The forecast for the weekend remains unchanged; partly to mostly sunny mild days and clear chilly nights through Sunday. The models have trended slightly cooler; suggesting highs tomorrow and Sunday will be in the mid to upper 60s.
UH OH: Model madness is really creeping in next week. The 00Z GFS all of a sudden is dry as a bone for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, and unfortunately the European is backing it up. But, we sure won’t flip-flop on one model cycle. We will maintain a chance of showers and storms late Tuesday into Wednesday for now.
The 00Z runs take the upper trough in the Southwest and turn it more southward, down toward the western Gulf of Mexico. This is a rather odd solution… lets watch it today and see how the 12Z cycle looks before we even think of making a change.
THANKSGIVING WEEK: If we have model madness next week, we won’t even try to figure out the weather for the following week. After days of trend wetter and warmer, now the 00Z cycle looks really cold by Thanksgiving and the following weekend. All to do about voodoo.
STORM ALERT XTREME: We hope to see you TOMORROW at the BJCC for our annual severe storm training session. Once again this year, the Alabama International Auto Show is a sponsor of Storm Alert XTREME, and it will be held at the BJCC. This is your chance to learn more about Alabama weather, and to be trained as a storm spotter. ABC 33/40 Meteorologist Brian Peters, long time WCM (Warning Coordination Meteorologist) for the National Weather Service in Birmingham, will teach a basic and advanced course on spotting small scale features within thunderstorms that are very important to meteorologists. Read more about Storm Alert XTREME here. And, remember, if you attend Storm Alert Xtreme, you get free admission into the Alabama International Auto Show!
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