Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Sun getting weaker, Arctic getting colder
We are now in autumn, with the sun south of the equator, the north pole dark, the south pole light, and the days being shorter in the northern hemisphere than the southern hemisphere. The days are getting shorter here. We’re … Continue reading
Tropical Depression #16
The area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean has become Tropical Depression Sixteen as of 10 AM CDT. This will likely become Tropical Storm Nicole (or “Subtropical Storm Nicole”) later today or tonight as it heads for Florida. Tropical Storm … Continue reading
Upper low and showers
An upper-level low, representing cold temperatures aloft, is spinning over Alabama this afternoon. So, even with surface temperatures only reaching the 70s with sunshine, the cold temperatures aloft created instability, and the lift from the upper level low also helped … Continue reading
An old fall rain
That’s what my granny would have called this. As the cold front moves SE, it looks like the axis of rain is slowly shifting south also, but the BHM area is still in for another hour or two of steady … Continue reading
Very hot September
Checking some records this afternoon. The meteorological summer of 2010 (June-August) was the hottest on record in BHM overall, with an average temperature of 83.7. I’ll go into this more in a blog post next week, as the nighttime temperatures … Continue reading
Hot everywhere, from Indy
I am at hotel in Indianapolis, IN, about to go and give final talk of this weeks whirlwind 3-NWS tour. Talk at NWS Chicago went great yesterday…they are very interested in our research on gravity waves, and I have now found 2 … Continue reading
Unexpected Chicagoland storm chase
(My location in blue dot) On NWS tour (good seminar and meeting with NWS Nashville, TN this morning, now on I-57 north in Illinois, NE of St. Louis.) I got behind schedule with road construction in southern IL (stimulus package, … Continue reading
UAH NWS tour rolls on…
(Blue dots represent past tour stops, green dots are this week) Over the past four years, we have done a lot of research at UAH on gravity waves (and how they affect the weather, including wind storms and tornadoes), and … Continue reading
Tropical Storm Lisa Forms
The National Hurricane Center has designated Tropical Depression #14 as Tropical Storm “Lisa” as of 4 AM CDT. Lisa has 40 MPH sustained winds and is currently no threat to land. The storm is expected to stay below hurricane strength … Continue reading
A few thunderstorms
A small area of moisture developed over north-central Alabama this afternoon. This was possibly associated with convergence due to the urban heat island (or some large wave feature in the atmosphere that extends from Arkansas to Georgia). Scattered showers and a few … Continue reading
