Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Winter Storm Watches Issued
Most of Central and North Alabama (as well as northern and central Mississippi) are under a Winter Storm Watch Wednesday night through Thursday morning. A light snow event is expected to blanket much of the northern half of our state … Continue reading
An Early Look
Light rain and drizzle are still coming down over a large part of Central and East Alabama, but temperatures are only cold enough for additional freezing rain near and north of a line from Meridian, Mississippi to Birmingham to Gadsden. … Continue reading
Overall update
The new balloon data is in from NWS Calera this evening. As we’ve been saying since about 1 pm, the models blew this system, and we’re going mainly off observations and physics tonight. The red line is the temperature profile, … Continue reading
Difficult forecast, icing potential
Scroll down for Bill Murray’s posts on highway conditions, accidents, etc. Many bridges are iced over. This is now a classic ice storm setup for central Alabama. We have a shallow layer of very cold air at the surface, with north … Continue reading
Ice update – 245 pm
Rapidly changing weather situation over Alabama this afternoon. The atmosphere is a little bit colder than we thought, probably because the precip got here faster than expected (evaporational cooling aloft initially overwhelmed everything else) and there was no sunshine. The … Continue reading
Ice Update – 1238 pm
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY… Here is why we’re concerned about ice and not snow. Surface temperatures are around 30 degrees over central Alabama, and the ground is cold. Aloft, temperatures are above freezing. Here is the balloon data from NWS Calera. Temperatures at … Continue reading
Ice update – 1141 am
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDING BHM…TCL…ANB… Rain showers are increasing on radar at this hour across parts of Alabama and Mississippi. Much of the rain you see on radar over Alabama is not hitting the ground yet … Continue reading
Advisory Expanded Again
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has expanded and extended the Freezing Rain Advisory until 4 PM for most of Central Alabama including Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Anniston, and Gadsden. Roads are already becoming icy over southern Mississippi, and precipitation (a wintry … Continue reading
Freezing Rain Advisory Extended
A Freezing Rain Advisory has been extended and expanded to include Sumter, Greene, Hale, Perry, Bibb, Chilton, and Coosa Counties. It expires at 12:00 PM today, but additional showers of rain, freezing rain, and sleet could continue through the afternoon … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East Central Alabama
Storms have intensified over East Central Alabama tonight. The NWS has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… EASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA… NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN … Continue reading
