We have talked about that tropical-type low pressure area forever, or so it seems. The one that took its time forming over the NW Gulf of Mexico.
The main center, based on a 2 am surface analysis, was over over the SE corner of Arkansas. However the circulation covers a wide area, It is pulling vast amounts of warm tropical air north from our friend, the Gulf of Mexico.
Showers and thunderstorms circulating around the low were mainly over NW Alabama very early on this Wednesday morning. At 2:45 am, the heaviest rain was over Pickens County north to Marion County. But quite a bit of rain also over North Tuscaloosa, Fayette and Walker County. And, the usual lightning.
Off to the east there was a stray individual shower over North Talladega County acting like it was lost but moving north also.
Even more to the east there was a cluster of heavy showers around Atlanta.
And, looking back over our shoulder, we note some fresh, young showers and storms over the North Gulf, off the Alabama Coast, ready to come onshore and join the parade to the north.
Will it ever end? These storms may be still coming at us at Christmas.
Just teasing, of course, and this may be our last update, unless something unusual happens, until James posts his video discussion around 6.
Meanwhile, I will head to the big king-size bed and make Little Miss Molly move over to give me some sleeping room. She will moan and groan in protest.
