Have a look-see at the tropical paradise I will call home during the next week. Come on down and join us!
http://www.beachview.com/panama_city_beach.htm: Live Webcam On Panama City Beach, FL
Panama City Beach Bound
July 23, 2009 — wxmanbillThis post is coming to you from the road (thanks to the AWESOME SPRINT wireless Air Card) as we drive through Knoxville, TN- en route to Auburn, AL for an early evening arrival. After a stop at my Grandparent’s place tonight, it’ll be on to Panama City Beach early in the morning! Posts will definitely be “off schedule” between now and next weekend (a long, but much needed vacation), but they will come!
We’re heading into “crunch time” now for prepping the Winter Outlook, and once I return work will begin on putting the final touches on that. We’ll then release it (www.mountaincityweathercenter.com) on the first Friday of October.
It’s hard to believe the summer is rapidly coming to a close…where does time go?! Of course, this summer has seemed extra short, considering the lack of true, summer-like weather.
I’m also enjoying reading up on the “goings on” at SEC Media Days…FL, UGA, UA, and Ole Miss are up today, I believe with UT, Auburn, LSU, and South Carolina up tomorrow. Practice begins in full force in only a short couple of weeks! Ah, Autumn and the glorious football season is almost upon us!
More later!
Tropics Heating Up?
July 22, 2009 — wxmanbill
It sure has been a quiet start to the tropical season (now over 20 percent of the way in), however, as we head into the months of August and September (the “meat” of the season), I’m sure activity will pick up, at least somewhat. Recall back to our Summer Outlook (http://www.mountaincityweathercenter.com/summer-outlook/) and you’ll see we never really were expecting this to be a busy tropical season.
That said, for really the first time this year, we’re going to have to keep a closer eye on the southwest Atlantic for possible development late this week and weekend. Energy continues to pile into the region from the east, and with the placement of high pressure to the north, the combination of the two features should at least raise an eye brow for folks living along the SE coast…from FL to the Carolinas.
If something is to come of this it should be very slow to develop and should remain on the weak side. That said, in a season that’s produced very little “excitement” (and should really remain much quieter than normal, and certainly quieter than we’ve been used to) to those who love tropical “issues,” at least there’s something nibbling at the line…
Looking Down The Road Towards Winter…
July 14, 2009 — wxmanbillJust throwing out another graphic for you to look at! “It looks cool baby and I ain’t foolin’!” As much as I know my snow and cold lovers are wanting to focus on the developing cold pattern as we head into the winter season over the East and South, pay just as much attention to the bubbling area of warmer than normal anomalies over the Northwest and Alaska.
In any event, understand that work is fully underway on MountainCityWeatherCenter.com’s Annual Winter Outlook and this will be posted in early October. The warming over the NW and Alaska (shown by the graphic below) is just one piece of the puzzle, with MANY other factors coming into play this winter season. We’ll lay it out all on the line with a detailed, graphic-heavy (unlike our Summer Outlook) discussion that you won’t want to miss.
News And Notes And A Winter Hint
July 11, 2009 — wxmanbillJust dropping in to play a little “catch up” during the slowest time of the year for me (at least when it comes to the weather). Lots of changes will be taking shape to MountainCityWeatherCenter.com during the course of the coming months (some plainly obvious and some not so obvious), so get ready.
- Work is now fully underway on producing our annual Winter Outlook (hard to believe this will be our 6th ANNUAL Winter Outlook), and will be published to the site in October. Without giving away too much, you lovers of cold and snow may be all smiles when you see what I think may be in store during the upcoming snow season. Then again, maybe not! Ha, gotta’ keep you guessin’ a bit!
- I’m also excited to note that MCWC will begin to do a live feed on WMCT AM 1390 once a week once the colder months set it…we’ll probably start this up in September. Of course, you can always catch your latest MountainCityWeatherCenter.com forecast on WMCT AM 1390 and on their NEW website…wmctradio.net.
- Don’t forget about the new live stream up on the site. http://www.mountaincityweathercenter.com
- Joe Reedy and his ERWC continue their nature photo contest for the chance to win some free Rita’s Italian Ice through Labor Day. Check his informative site out here. http://erweather.wordpress.com/ Submit those photos!
- Finally, I’ll be hitting the road to the beloved Panama City Beach during the last week of this month so posts will be “off schedule” during this time.
- Enjoy the rest of your summer as it’s quickly coming to an end, stay tuned to the site for your detailed weather information, submit those photos, and try and “tame” that excitement for the release of our annual Winter Outlook!
June Climate Data Summary
July 3, 2009 — wxmanbillThis June was a fairly typical June across the mountains of Johnson County, in terms of temperatures and precipitation. Unlike last June, we went through the month without touching the 90 degree mark…this is usual, but not like last June where we saw the mercury climb at or above 90 on three different occasions.
