After dodging a meteorological bullet last night and this morning, we were able to enjoy a beautiful day across North Alabama and Southern Tennessee. This pleasantry, while short lived, will persist for Tuesday.
Anticipate sun and clouds for Tuesday with highs averaging in the upper 50’s to low 60’s. Clouds will increase tomorrow night into Wednesday that will aid in ushering rain to the region Wednesday evening.
By Thursday we’ll be in the need for raincoats and umbrellas as scattered showers, with a thundershower or two, linger over the valley. Clouds should exit the region during the course of Friday and, in doing so, should help to set the stage for a fair weekend but cooler as compared to workweek temperatures.
One more thing… I’ve observed a number of e-mails and social media messages in the past 24 hours about some not receiving StormForce 31 WeatherCalls last night in advance of severe weather. While I can’t attest to every question of if a customer’s service was working, I do what to make one point clear.
A few years ago the National Weather Service changed it’s warning system to be more local and specific than a generalized full county warning that was in place for many years. These new warnings highlighted the storm cell in need of alerting the public to and a path of the areas to be affected.
For example, this morning a tornado warning was issued for southern Madison County that affected New Hope. The storm in question continued to track east-northeast into central Jackson County. The warning box was drawn by the NWS for the storm and it’s track. The warning area and storm never affected, for example, Harvest or Meridianville.
With that said, WeatherCall uses the hyper-local technology that is designed to alert you only if the storm is going to pose a threat to you and your registered address with the system so there was no reason for a WeatherCall alert to be sent to customers in Harvest and Meridianville.
I hope this explanation sheds a little light for some of you who had a question about the service. More info can be found at www.weathercall.net/waay
Have a great Tuesday,
Ben Luna
StormForce 31 Weather
P.S. Keep our neighbors in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties in your thoughts and prayers as the recovery begins again in Central Alabama.