The Thursday morning Weather Xtreme Video is available in the player below, and also on iTunes. The load times for the video are 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m… remember this discussion is usually posted a little before the video is on the server. It just takes a little time for the video to render:
WILD DAY: At this point it looks like only one person was killed across the southern U.S. during yesterday’s tornado outbreak; it was a 43 year old man who was in a mobile home in Greensburg, LA. Looks like about three dozen people were hurt in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. I think the warning process can be credited with such a low death/injury count after a big outbreak like that. The number of tornadoes in Alabama could be as high as 10; NWS survey teams from Birmingham and Mobile will be out today reviewing the damage…we will know more later when those reports are filed.
To me it is nothing short of a miracle that none of the 31 small children in the Kids Zone skating rink/daycare in Montgomery died after seeing the damage. I would love to find out if the workers inside heard the tornado warning and moved the children to an interior hallway or bathroom.
TODAY: Not a “chamber of commerce” kind of day. Cloudy, cold, and some light rain or drizzle this morning. We stay in the 40s all day, but it will feel colder.
TOMORROW/SATURDAY/SUNDAY: The weather will be dry and cool. Lots of sunshine tomorrow and Saturday. A fresh shot of cold air moves in here on Sunday when we will have a hard time reaching the low 50s. We might have some clouds around on Sunday, but the air remains very dry and we won’t expect any rain.
THANKSGIVING WEEK: Our weather looks dry and cool for most of the week. Monday will be rather chilly; once again the mercury will have a hard time reaching the 50 degree mark. We go back into the 60s by Wednesday and Thanksgiving day. For now we see no significant chance of rain all week, with temperatures below normal.
LATE WEATHER NEWS: Find a series of articles on yesterday’s tornado outbreak over on our sister site, weatherparty.com. You can register and submit links (and vote on them too!) so they can make it to the front page. Weatherparty is our “web 2.0” social networking site… a very cool deal.
I will be back on a normal schedule today… so the next video will be posted here by 3:30 this afternoon. Enjoy the day and stay warm!
