Published on: January 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM

It is only January 3rd, and already there is a severe weather watch out – number one! And it covers part of the Southeast US. Still watching the severe weather potential which SPC extended further east after I did the Weather Xtreme Video. It still looks pretty wet for us with 2 inches of rain possible over the next 24 hours or so.

First severe thunderstorm watch of 2009

First severe thunderstorm watch of 2009

And I could not help but add the satellite image below to the post. The bubbling tops in the storms over Louisiana are just fascinating to me. Great image.

Visible Satellite Image of Southeast US on January 3, 2009

Visible Satellite Image of Southeast US on January 3, 2009

-Brian-