Alabama thread!

Mornin fellas

 

Good morning Phil.

 

Sup Barrie

 

Not much going on. Kicking back.

 

I'm bout to walk across the hall and get some snacks from the apothecary

 

James Spann has created the Alabama Weather Network and I'd encourage all of you to download the new app. He covers the entire state. The new app has fully interactive radar and great local forecast. Just search for the Alabama weather network app. My forecast will be copy and pasted directly from his site as he's no longer updating AlabamaWX. That being said, from AWN

RADAR CHECK: Most of Alabama is rain-free at daybreak; we note just a few small showers over Choctaw and Washington counties. Look for a partly sunny sky today with a few random, scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. The chance of any one spot seeing rain is 20-30 percent, and the high will be in the 89-93 degree range for most places as heat levels begin to slowly rise. Pretty much the same situation is expected tomorrow; best chance of an afternoon shower or storm will be over the southern half of the state.

THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: As the upper ridge continues to build, afternoon highs will be in the low to mid 90s over the weekend with only isolated afternoon showers or storms. Many communities will be rain-free over the weekend.

Not much change is expected through the first half of next week. Highs will remain in the 90-95 degree range for much of the state with afternoon storms remaining very isolated. Global models suggest the ridge will weaken late in the week; highs drop into the upper 80s over the northern half of the state by Friday (August 22) with a better coverage of afternoon showers/storms. See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.



TROPICS: Tropical Storm Erin, with 50 mph winds, is in the middle of the Atlantic moving to the at 17 mph. The system is expected to become a hurricane late tonight or tomorrow. Tt will pass north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto, and then it turns north, east of the Bahamas, this weekend. By that time Erin is expected to become a major hurricane with winds of 125 mph (category three strength). Erin is expected to remain well east of the U.S. East Coast, but it could be closer to Bermuda by the middle of next week.





There is one other area of interest…. a broad area of low pressure near the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. The broad low is forecast to emerge off the coast later this morning and move west-northwestward across the southwestern Gulf during the next day or two, where environmental conditions are marginally conducive for further development. The system is forecast to move inland over northeastern Mexico by late tomorrow, ending its chances of formation. Chance of development is only 20 percent; this will be mainly a rainmaker for eastern Mexico.

No tropical storms or hurricanes are expected across the northern Gulf for at least the next seven days.

ON THIS DATE IN 1953: Hurricane Barbara hits North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Damage from the storm was relatively minor, totaling around $1.3 million (1953 USD). Most of it occurred in North Carolina and Virginia from crop damage. The hurricane left several injuries, some traffic accidents, as well as seven fatalities in the eastern United States; at least two were due to electrocution from downed power lines. Offshore Atlantic Canada, a small boat sunk, killing its crew of two.

ON THIS DATE IN 1969: Hurricane Camille, a powerful, deadly, and destructive hurricane formed just west of the Cayman Islands on this day. It rapidly intensified, and by the time it reached western Cuba the next day, it was a Category 3 hurricane. Hurricane Camille was spawned on August 5th by a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. The storm became a tropical disturbance four days later on the 9th and a tropical storm on the 14th with a 999-millibar pressure center and 55 mph surface winds. It would make landfall on August 17, 1969 on the Mississippi coast.

 

Sup Mike

 

Good morning Bama y'all have a good and safe day today along with a great weekend when you get to it.

Day late but good morning Jeff.

 

Good morning Alabama and friends, have a great and blessed Friday.

 

Good morning David

 

Good morning David.

Good morning Jeff.

 

Mornin fellas. Woke up late.....so it's gonna be one of those days where I never feel caught up

 

From AWN

HOT: Summer heat finally returns to Alabama over the next five days with highs in the low to mid 90s for most places. As always on a summer day, a few pop-up storms are likely during the afternoon and evening hours (mainly from noon to midnight)… but they should be widely scattered. The chance of any one specific location seeing rain today is 30-40 percent, dropping to 20-25 percent over the weekend.

The upper ridge over the region will weaken late next week, which will open the door for an increase in the number of showers and thunderstorms and lower heat levels. Highs will be in the upper 80s for many areas by Friday and the following weekend (August 22-24)… See the video briefing for maps, graphics, and more details.



TROPICS: Erin will likely become a hurricane in the Atlantic later this morning; early this morning winds are 70 mph. The system is about 570 miles north of the northern Leeward Islands, and is moving to the west/northwest at 17 mph.

There is no change in the forecast track. Erin will pass north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico, then turning north, east of the Bahamas. Next week the system will accelerate northeast over the open Atlantic; no threat to the U.S. It could be close to Bermuda in 5-6 days.





There is one other area of interest… recent satellite wind data indicate that the disturbance located over the western Gulf (Invest 98L) continues to lack a closed low-level circulation. However, shower activity has increased some over the past few hours and the system could become a short-lived tropical depression before it moves inland over northeastern Mexico or southern Texas this afternoon or evening. Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible along portions of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas over the next couple of days, and interests there should monitor the progress of this system. Another Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system later this morning.

No tropical storms or hurricanes are expected across the Gulf for at least the next seven days.

ON THIS DATE IN 1787: Tornadoes were reported in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Wethersfield, Connecticut was hard hit by the tornado outbreak. There, a woman and her family were caught in the open. She and her son were killed. Clothes from the family farm were carried three miles away. This event is regarded to be the most significant tornado outbreak in early New England history.

ON THIS DATE IN 1969: The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for a 110 miles stretch of land in Florida, between Apalachicola and Fort Walton Beach, as Hurricane Camille continued to strengthen over the Gulf. Watches would be later extended westward, and landfall would come on the Mississippi coast August 17 at category five strength.

 

Sup Mike

 

Good afternoon Phil.

 

Sup Barrie

 

Having lunch.

 

Me too. We got Salsarita's

 

Good morning!

 

Mornin fellas
My 301 big bore kit shipped out