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Any remember this song from the Little River Band?
“If there’s one thing in my life that’s missing
It’s the time I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear waters
There’s lots of those friendly people
Showin me ways to go
And I never want to lose your inspiration
Time for
a cool change…”
Our long awaited cool change is here. Some early morning observations:
Black Creek (northeast of Gadsden) 39 (Vic Bell, our Skywatcher there, actually reported 39.3 degrees at 6:13!)
Desoto State Park (atop Lookout Mountain) 44
Fort Payne 46
Crossville 46
Decatur 47
Huntsville 49
No change in our thinking; dry weather through the weekend with pleasant days and chilly nights. The GFS is showing 47 for Birmingham tomorrow morning, while the NAM prints 42. The truth is somewhere between those values, but as you know this is not a one number place on a clear, calm night due to the terrain, and we will probably have a range tomorrow morning from 40 to 50 degrees. One way or another, tonight will be our coolest night so far this season. You will need a light jacket for high school football games tonight and tomorrow night.
NEXT WEEK: A system will swing out into the plains early next week, then passing north of Alabama on Tuesday. This could bring a few showers to the state on Tuesday, but it doesn’t look like a major rain event. Toward the end of next week, a stronger upper trough will bring a better chance of showers and storms to Alabama, around 8 days from now. And, after that, the GFS still shows the coolest air so far this season arriving in the October 21-24 period. There will be some potential for light frost across the colder valleys of North Alabama during this time frame is the model is correct, and it has been very persistent in the idea of a deep upper trough over the eastern half of the nation for a number of days now.
TROPICS: Disturbed, but nothing organized now across the Caribbean. Dry air has moved into the Gulf of Mexico where the sky is clear.
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STORM ALERT XTREME: We hope to see you on Saturday, November 10 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.
I am headed east again today; I will be speaking to the Cleburne County retired teachers this morning, then back to the office and the afternoon Weather Xtreme video should be up by 3:30 this afternoon. Enjoy this fantastic fall day!
