Ida Could Bring Flooding Rain

National Radar, (Old) Image; NOAA

Ida has finally made the transition to an extratropical cyclone (winter-type storm) this morning. Click here for the latest national radar imagery. Forecasters in Huntsville, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, and the Carolinas are following the storm. These areas could suffer from flooding rains over the next few days. Watch your local TV forecaster for the latest watches and warnings.

-Dawn Brown

Floods, High Winds, Quiet in the Tropics!

High wind warnings are in effect for Southern California the next couple of days. Warm temperatures, low humidity and highs winds is a bad combination during fire season. Here’s the latest forecast from Los Angeles.

Central Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia continue to be hit by flash flooding. Once again, you can click on ABC Birmingham for the very latest in radar reports, warnings and the current weather forecast from the local television affiliate. I also have a link to the NBC Atlanta Forecast where heavy rain continues this Monday.

Oklahoma today is under a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. Watch FOX Oklahoma City later this afternoon for the latest watches and warnings.

The National Hurricane Center continues to predict no tropical development in the next 48 hours. The one tropical wave I was watching, Invest 98L, is showing a little bit more organization this morning. Currently, it’s just an area of showers and thunderstorms out in the middle of the Atlantic. Dry air over the past couple of days has been getting mixed into the area of disturbed weather, and kept it from developing into a tropical system. No matter what, it won’t affect the US. My previous blog has more details on the dry air that’s been affecting Invest 98L.

-Dawn Brown