Prolific Hailers Wrap Up 2005

Thanks to Susan Street for e-mailing these hail pictures to the Channel 3 Eyewitness News Storm Alert Team. Susan says it hailed up on Cagle Mountain for 20 minutes straight. Yesterday's storms were prolific hail producers. In many places if you saw any hail, you got an inch or more on the ground. According to the Storm Prediction Center, there were 113 severe weather reports yesterday. Most of those in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. 6 tornadoes were reported in south-central Georgia.
This morning three whirls are very evident on the satellite images. One centered over NE Ohio, (our storm system past) one centered over Wyoming, (our storm system tomorrow night / Saturday morning) and one doozy over the Pacific Ocean, (Our storm system for Monday).
Next one up is probably in and out fairly quickly with scattered showers Friday night into early Saturday morning. But the next one could be a big rain and thunderstorm maker on Monday. We'll have a few days to look at it, but another round of severe storms may be possible.
With this rapid west to east flow across the U.S. it's tough to get cold air dropping south. So look for well above normal temps into the middle of next week.
We've all heard of "Christmas In July", but right now it feels like "April In December."