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UAH team returns from Irene
As we have been doing since 1998, UAH sent a team and instruments to Hurricane Irene. UAH has been taking the Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), containing a wind profiler (shows wind vs. height) and a Microwave Profiling Radiometer (estimates … Continue reading
Irene and threats to places not used to hurricanes
Above is the NAM high-resolution forecast for maximum surface wind gusts (in knots) every 3 hours as Irene moves up the eastern seaboard. Based on this model forecast (it could be off a bit, especially as time gets later, … Continue reading
Classes on weather at Jeff State this fall
Many of you likely received the mailer, but in case you didn’t (or threw it away as junk mail), I will be teaching 2 non-credit (just for fun, learning) classes this fall at Jeff State on meteorology. One is called … Continue reading
How do hurricanes achieve such strong winds?
Since we’re all looking at Hurricane Irene, a storm that looks like it will affect the eastern seaboard and not the Gulf Coast, I thought this would be a good time to briefly discuss the thermodynamics of hurricanes. What causes … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning : BMX@ 8/22/2011 8:44:52 PM
Here is a new weather bulletin from AlabamaWX.com. Stand by for more details. WUUS54 KBMX 230144 SVRBMX ALC001-085-230230- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0406.110823T0144Z-110823T0230Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 844 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2011 THE … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Coosa County
WUUS54 KBMX 212107 SVRBMX ALC037-212145- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0405.110821T2107Z-110821T2145Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 407 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… … Continue reading
Another Chilton County Warning
WUUS54 KBMX 212037 SVRBMX ALC021-212100- /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0404.110821T2037Z-110821T2100Z/ BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 337 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chilton County
The storm just southeast of Clanton has gotten quite impressive in the past fifteen minutes. It now has tops over 50,000 feet an is nearly certainly producing hail, perhaps to the size of quarters, which is the threshold for a … Continue reading
Something cool
Check out these photos of the birdhouse that skywatcher Ronald Hughes from Coker, AL made for me and shipped to my house! I had kidded around on weatherbrains about his making them for Bill, Jason, etc., (see https://www.alabamawx.com/?p=50454) and not … Continue reading
Flash Flood Warning : Sumter
WGUS54 KBMX 110010 FFWBMX ALC119-110300- /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0044.110811T0010Z-110811T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING … Continue reading
