Warm, Comfortable Day! ...News on Alex

Currently the temperature in Providence is 77degrees. Humidity is only at 38% and wind speeds are about 12mph which makes it extremely comfortable out there. By about 9pm tonight the temperature should cool down to about 66 and overnight, temperatures are expected to drop even as low as the mid to upper 50's! A little cooler out there but certainly some relief to the heat wave we experienced just a few days ago.

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Normally after talking about the current conditions, I would do a "few day in advance" forecast. However, I feel that the forecast would be more relevant for when I am in the Weather Center tomorrow, considering the fact that it will be one day closer to the 4th of July Weekend (and I know that everyone's going to be wondering if Sunday will bring "cookout worthy weather"... More on that in the forecast tomorrow). For now, I feel that it only appropriate to discuss the hype with Hurricane Alex. With it's less than 6 hour approach to landfall, everyone is constantly updating what the deal is with this June Hurricane.

Well in fact, Hurricane Alex is the first June Hurricane occurrence since 1995! This Hurricane is very unique in the sense that it has CAT 1 force winds, but it's low pressure of about 959mb is CAT 3 worthy! The latest on the National Weather Service's Hurricane Advisory shows that Alex is nearing CAT 2 strength as it approaches landfall. As I said before, the Pressure readings as of now is 959mb and is continuing to drop. The winds are sustaining at about 90mph with gusts reaching 150mph!

Alex is moving Northwest at about 13mph and will reach landfall in less than 6hrs according to the ABC6 Stormtracker RADAR.

Current Public Advisories are up to 21 (the latest) stating that Hurricane Warnings are in effect for the South Coast of Texas / around the area of the Rio Grande. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect for Baffin Bay, TX to Cabo Rojo in Mexico. Rainfall is expected to produce 6-12in over NE Mexico, flash floods and mud slides are certainly not out of the question because of this. In terms of winds, they will certainly produce a strong storm surge, raising the level of the water by up to a max of 6ft. above ground level.

This is the latest from the NWS public advisories.

If you would like information on how to prepare for such Hurricanes, visit: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml

Thunderstorms?

Everyone in RI has had the "hype" of a thunderstorm on their minds. The line of storms that were first being looked at earlier today proved to put Bridgeport CT into a state of emergency, but as they continued on to RI, the storms quickly weakened and produced nothing more than a few showers off the coast of Southern, RI.

latest threat on the radar 6pm

The next threat we are looking at in the Weather Center is currently over Worcester County.. these storms could effect our Northern RI area, but even this threat is looking pretty weak, so there is also the chance that we may not see any of these storms at all.

Storms or not, we will finally be able to get rid of this hot and humid air overnight. By about 9pm, Temperatures can be seen in the upper 70's to low 80's, and overnight into Friday the temperatures will start off at about 65° but quickly increase to about 80°. Winds will start off Northerly and switch to a Southerly wind over the course of the day. Wind speeds at about 3mph.

Saturday looks to be a great beach day! Temperatures in the lower 80's but dry, not humid. Low temperatures expected to dip into the low 60's overnight. Possibly a shower or thundershower late afternoon into the evening. Winds will be coming from the South Southwest at 10mph.

Sunday looking to be partly cloudy with some sun. Upper 70's to low 80's expected here for temperatures. Monday, expect some thunderstorms in our RI area, but these storms will quickly pass to bring about a nicer, dry mid week.

This is the latest from the forecasting in the

Weather Center of ABC6!

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Interested in the damage that occurred in Bridegeport? There's some great footage on ctpost.com --> http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Storm-clobbers-Bridgeport-region-535832.php

It's that time of week again!

It's Wednesday! Once again I am here at ABC6 Providence with Fred Campagna. Things are quiet in terms of the weather as of now, a little muggy, temperature is currently at 83° winds are coming from the West/Northwest at about 7mph. Overnight, the winds are expected to be a lot calmer while the temperatures will stay quite warm. Even at midnight, temperatures are expected to be around 73° and continue to linger in the low 70's into the early hours of the morning.

Thursday is looking fairly active! It may prove to be an interesting Thursday afternoon in the ABC6 Weather Center!

Forecast for Thursday... Temperatures in the high 80's, will most like even hit 90° to make for a very hot and humid day. Thunderstorms are expected to be active in the mid to late afternoon as a cold front passes through the area, some storms may be severe. I will do a more in depth discussion of these storms tomorrow as they are being tracked. Over night as the cold front passes through, things will dry up and cool down. Temperatures will dip into the mid 60's over night into Friday. Very excited for what is in store tomorrow afternoon!

The rest of the forecast into the weekend I will be sure to post tomorrow as well!

Thursday June 17th

Got a great weekend ahead of us I must say once again!

Today has been mostly cloudy, sun breaking through at times with temperatures in the 70's. However, over the rest of the day into the evening the clouds will start to clear out creating some radiational cooling, temperatures are expected to dip into the lower 60's tonight.

Friday will be a gorgeous day! Temperatures in the high 80's! Fingers crossed about maybe even hitting 90 degrees, but the forecast as of now is about 87-88degrees, a little cooler as you get towards coastal areas. The winds will begin in the morning coming from the NW at about 5mph then switching to SW as the day continues on, the wind speed should remain constant.

Saturday will also be very nice! At first the temperatures looked as if they were going to climb higher than Fridays, however by taking the wind and other variables into consideration, the temperatures are looking to stay in the mid to upper 80's but nothing really higher than that. Still going to be a beautiful, clear day though!

Sunday should be nice for Fathers Day, Temperatures will cool slightly to lower/mid 80's. A little muggier. Some showers expected to move through the area in the afternoon but they are expected to quickly pass and dry up through to the evening as it is looking right now.

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In terms of severe weather.. The major area of concern was around the CO and ND area. It has been updated by the WXchannel Twitter account that a tornado was confirmed in Grand Forks, CO and moving toward Emerado, ND ...Take a look at this image from weather.com!!

According to the Storm Prediction Center, there have been 12 Tornado reports just form today.. a lot of active weather going on across the US, but as for our area in RI, things are looking very nice!

A nice weekend in store for RI finally!

Weather Obs before I went to the ABC6 station: Today we experienced some cooler temperatures this morning in the upper 60's. The sun soon broke through the early morning clouds to bring some sunshine, warming the temperatures up to the mid 70's. As the day progressed, clouds continued to roll in once again making the afternoon slightly overcast.. temperatures continued to stay in the mid 70's range.

Forecast before the internship: some showers after dinnertime (5-6pm). Expecting some tuinderstorms to move into the area.. Temperatures will dip into the upper 50's/low 60's.

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Once inside the ABC6 studio, I began to take another look at the models in order to create a revised forecast for the day into the weekend. Currently at about 5pm, a shower quickly passing through the Providence area.

For the rest of tonight, Showers possible, but we probably will not see any rain until after midnight into the early hours of the morning. Forecasting for the temperature stays the same at upper 50's to low 60's overnight.

On Thursday, some clouds early making conditions overcast. However, throughout the rest of he day the sun will break through. Temperatures will reach the upper 70's continuing to stay warm throughout the weekend.

As for Fri-Sat The temperatures will continue to climb and reach the upper 80's maybe even a chance of hitting 90 on Saturday, very ideal for the very beginning of summer! Low temperatures on Fri and Sat will be in the mid 60's so there will be cool but dry nights. It will not be until Sunday that we may see another chance of precipitation, possibly a thunderstorm later on that day.. We will see more of that however Tomorrow

Thursday June 10th

Got into ABC6 at 3pm... Started looking further at the weekend forecast as it was a little tricky to tell whether or not Saturday and Sunday would be dry... There were also Severe T-Storm and Tornado warnings over in Western Conn. as you can see in the image above thanks to ABC6.. Fred and I distracted ourselves looking it only to find that the path of these storms would not be affecting our RI area.. but was still interesting to watch!

For the rest of the day... Temperatures Currently at 64, with the approaching showers, the temperatures are expected to drop slightly to about 61 and for tonight expect temperatures in the upper 50's.

Over the weekend... Friday is looking nice, dry, partly cloudy with Temperatures in the 70's. Saturday is slightly tricky, if the system stays to our north... most of Saturday will be dry but muggy, with temperatures that could potentially reach the upper 70's. Possible showers later in the evening for Saturday as well. Sunday is looking at showers with chances of Thunderstorms throughout the day with Temperatures in the low to mid 70's.

Continuing !!

I have decided.. "Why end this blog just because my Web Expressions class is over??" My blog is about weather and I am continuing to learn new things everyday. In fact, I have an internship with ABC6 Providence this summer working with Chief Meteorologist Fred Campagna on Wed and Thurs afternoon/evenings. I figured that my blog would be a great opportunity to document my internship experiences.

As of right now, I just finished my third day (meaning I'm on to my second week at the internship). I'm still observing and learning the forecasting process that Fred uses for his broadcasts.. but all in all it's going very well!

Now that I have decided to continue my blog, I am also seeing this as a good opportunity to maybe "write up" my own "forecasts" on here as well as sharing my experiences.. I figure it might be a good way to help me prepare for actually presenting a forecast in front of a camera (once I start working on my forecasting DVDs).

Well, that's about all for now.. tune in!