Good morning! The severe weather threat which has been battering much of the center of our country for several days is edging eastward. Parts of Alabama will be included in the severe threat zone today through Wednesday. For us, in central Alabama, today will be warm and dry. Northwest Alabama has a Severe threat. Tuesday a large Level 2 Severe threat covers most of north and northwest Alabama through 7AM Wednesday AM. Daytime Wednesday, a Level 1 Marginal risk shifts to dominate most of South Alabama. A noticeable cooldown is in the cards Thursday & Friday behind the cold front. Storm system number two will bring the next round of showers and storms by Friday night into Saturday. Meanwhile, finally, the prospects for significant welcome rainfall totals appears very promising in the week ahead. Here’s my brief forecast discussion.
TODAY: Mostly Sunny and quite warm. High 87. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
(Normal hi/lo 81/55)
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and mild. Low 64.Light wind.
NEXT FEW DAYS: Locally the best chance of showers and storms appears to be Tuesday night and Wednesday. A noticeable cooldown is in the cards Thursday & Friday behind the cold front. Storm system number two will bring the next round of showers and storms by Friday night into Saturday.
A frontal system in the middle of the state will be the culprit of a very active time today through the middle of the week for the mid-south.
SEVERE RISK: There will be a daily severe weather threats for parts of our state today/tonight/Tuesday/Tuesday night and Wednesday. All modes of severe weather is possible including tornadoes. Here’s an update on the daily outlooks through Day 3 Wednesday.
EXPECTED RAINFALL:. Finally, the prospects for significant welcome rainfall totals appears very promising in the week ahead
The 10 Day model Blend Temperature Trend. A noticeable cooldown is in the cards Thursday & Friday behind the cold front.
MAJOR TORNADO OUTBREAK ANNIVERSARY:
It happened 15 years ago today. It was a day in weather history that simply can’t be compared to any other day. In fact, it was our nation’s biggest Tornado Super Outbreak of all time. Unfortunately, Alabama was Ground Zero. By far, the hardest hit state – with 62 tornadoes and 252 deaths. Nationally, on that day, there were 218 tornadoes and 317 deaths. Even surpassing 1974, the previous benchmark.
But, it’s not just the number of tornadoes. It’s the prolific number of violent tornadoes. On that day, there was an unprecedented 4 EF-5’s. An EF-5 is very rare indeed. There were 11 EF-4’s, and 19 EF-3’s. That’s more “significant” tornadoes than any other day in history.
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–Rich