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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for West Alabama
***UPDATE 4:10 PM*** The greatest threat for damaging winds in this storm is now approaching Fayette in West Alabama. ***ORIGINAL POST*** The NWS in Birmingham has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Greene, Hale, Sumter and Marengo Counties … Continue reading
Gravity waves, Alabama weather update
…TORNADO WATCH SW AL…SEE DETAILS BELOW… Check out the gravity waves on the Springfield, MO radar this morning! The areas of convergence between each wave in the velocity field (lower) are causing enhanced precipitation, showing up in reflectivity (upper). Thanks … Continue reading
Storms to Our West
Checking the radar before 9 AM, a cluster of heavy thunderstorms is moving over north-central Mississippi, but it is just light rain for most of Alabama (except for the one lonely weak storm near the Clarke-Marengo County line). The storms … Continue reading
Gravity waves, lightning article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3c__YeKBsc (Video of thundersnow sent in by blog reader Gary from Framingham, Massachusetts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtGrcL2RlVo&NR=1 (Video of thundersnow in Huntsville on January 9, posted by Mike Wilhelm) Read article on UAH research on gravity waves and lightning in snowstorms here. This … Continue reading
How long has it been?
I expect to see golf courses crowded, bass boats on the lake, and a lot of people outdoors everywhere this weekend! It looks like we almost definitely make it into the 60s on Saturday. A few clouds may keep us in … Continue reading
Early Morning Adjustments
One thing we have known all along is that there are always surprises under upper-air lows; this time the surprise is a lump of coal for most instead of a nice white covering on the grass. I’ve received a report … Continue reading
Snow analysis – 1155 am
500 mb height, wind, vorticity, every 6 hours starting tonight at 6 pm. The big system coming in Tuesday and Wednesday is still very complicated, but it seems a little clearer this morning. During the initial wave of precipitation tonight … Continue reading
Snow analysis – 930 pm
As is almost always the case with Alabama snow forecasts, this one is tough. At least on the last one, we knew wintry precip was coming, it was just a question of freezing rain, sleet, or snow. We wound up … Continue reading
Snow/ice update – 725 pm
The cold front and the precipitation associated with it are moving in quickly, with some sprinkles already occurring around the BHM area. Most of the precipitation is behind the front. The cold front right now is near or just south … Continue reading
Thundersnow – how it works
Radar loop 1125 pm to 1226 am during snowstorm. HSV airport is white dot BHM SA 1050 W3X 1/16 TSW+BS 27/27/3316/953 T N OCNL LTGIC SNOINCR 2/8/11 KHSV 100553Z 06010G18KT 1/2SM TSSN FZFG OVC002CB M03/M03 A3012 OCNL LTGIC NE SNINCR 4/7 Lightning and … Continue reading
