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Infrared imagery…cool
Check out the above infrared satellite imagery from 1000 GMT (4:00 am CST) this morning. Infrared imagery detects the temperature of the first object it can “see” from space. These images are normally used to see clouds at night, … Continue reading
Nice view from ground and from space
This visible satellite picture was taken at 415 pm CST, around the time Chad Gardner of Courtesy Buick (white spot above) sent in this photo, looking SE… This is the leading edge of the dryline/cold front moving through. This is … Continue reading
TEST in 8 minutes
There will be a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System at 1:00 pm CST today. It is a test. Repeat, test. Test. Test. Even though it will interrupt all major TV and radio broadcasts, on every channel, and the … Continue reading
Tomorrow is ONLY A TEST
There will be a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System tomorrow, November 9, at 1:00 pm CST. It is a test. Repeat, test. Test. Test. Even though it will interrupt all major TV and radio broadcasts, on every channel, … Continue reading
Wilder Temperature Swings Lately?
Several people have mentioned to me how cold it has been this October. And it has. Assuming we reach a high this afternoon of 70, our average temperature for October was 61.2, about 4 degrees below the normal of 65.3. … Continue reading
The big chill – update
The big-time cold front we’ve been talking about since last week is just now entering NW Alabama. When it moved through Muscle Schoals, the temperature dropped from 77 to 62 in one hour (temps above are from 3 pm)! Memphis … Continue reading
Thunderstorms BHM metro
A line of thunderstorms has developed in central Alabama this afternoon ahead of a very strong cold front in MS. The heaviest rain extends from Tarrant and Center Point up to Pinson and Grayson Valley. These storms may slowly intensify … Continue reading
The big chill
It’s that time of year…late October, shorter days, lower sun angle, arctic getting cold. Usually, some time in late October, the cold air builds up enough that a piece of it will break away from the Arctic and head south … Continue reading
Your heat may click on…
The days are getting shorter here, but they are really getting shorter in the Arctic regions of Alaska and northern Canada. At Fairbanks, they were still getting 14 hrs and 38 min of daylight each day on Sep 1. Today, … Continue reading
Low along Gulf Coast no TD Lee
A surface low is sitting near Alligator Point, FL this afternoon, and moving slowly westward. It is not really a “tropical” storm, more of a plain low pressure area. But, with high pressure to its north and moisture coming out … Continue reading
