Thursday: Quite Weather Ahead...new favorite website

The weather appears to be very quite the next few days...at least across the Southeast. The Northeast will have to deal with harsh winter temperatures and perhaps even snow this weekend, but since I doubt anybody from the Northeast reads this, I won't bother discussing in much detail what lies ahead in that neck of the woods.

An update on the Jackson County, AL Tornado is not good. While no other deaths have been stated, it appears as if the Tornado will go down in the History books as an F4, with winds near 180 MPH. Damage is extensive. And unfortunately, 4 other people have died in Alabama as a result of another twister that struck Lawrence County. That Tornado appears to be an F3.

It really is hard to describe in writing or even discussion how terrible this outbreak truly was. Watching the pictures on TV is sad to say the least. Tennessee was hit the hardest with nearly 30 deaths being confirmed. Phil Bredeson has asked for help from George W. Bush and wants to issue a State of Emergency. According to the media, the President plans on touring the hardest hit places tomorrow.

But the weather still appears to be rather benign as we head into the weekend. While temps. may drop a little bit', nothing of significant consequence appears to be headed our way...at least for now. There are several storms we will have to watch for next week. None appear to be of the wintry variety right now, but could another Severe Weather Outbreak be headed our way? That is something that we will need to keep an eye on as we approach the midweek time frame.

Also, I wanted to share a link to one of my new favorite sites. It's icecap.us. This site has some wonderful climate discussions along with significant weather stories. You should check it out.

Speaking of significant weather stories, parts of Alaska hit near -70 degrees this morning, with one unconfirmed -70 degree reading. Can you say........COLD?