Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Cool, Rainy Weather
Scattered showers started developing before sunrise from Birmingham south toward the Gulf Coast, and a batch of light to moderate showers will continue to move north from near Evergreen and Selma toward Chilton, Shelby, Jefferson, Blount and Cullman Counties. Clouds … Continue reading
Gulf of Mexico Activity
There is a large batch of heavy tropical thunderstorms south of the Louisiana/Mississippi Coast today, and although the environment is not favorable for significant tropical cyclone development, this little area of low pressure is packing a punch. Some offshore observations … Continue reading
Neat radar and satellite image
This is the Doppler velocity image from the NWS Birmingham radar (located at the white dot). It is showing something interesting. The winds over Alabama today are generally out of the north. Since green indicates winds toward the radar and red indicates … Continue reading
Dewpoint, Relative Humidity
You hear meteorologists talk about the dewpoint a lot, yet a lot of people still prefer to hear the relative humidity. This blog attempts to explain these terms and how they relate to each other. 1. Mixing Ratio We have … Continue reading
TD 5 continues on today
The remnant low of tropical depression 5 is still hanging on, today centered in east Alabama. It has brought a large amount of moisture into Alabama, causing a big increase in showers and thunderstorms this week. This has warmed … Continue reading
Heavy Tropical Rains
It appears that the remnant low of Tropical Depression Five is still causing problems this morning. On Wednesday, it rained around 12 inches near Natchez, Mississippi. On Thursday, it caused flash flooding between Jackson and Meridian, and now the remnant … Continue reading
Heavy Morning Showers
A few early morning downpours are already in progress over parts of Greene, Sumter, and Marengo Counties. The NWS NEXRAD precipitation estimates between Eutaw and Knoxville show anywhere from 0.75″ to 1.50″ of rain in the last hour, which seems … Continue reading
Thunderstorms – part of the engine
Thanks to huge amounts of moisture around an old tropical low, the number of thunderstorms over Alabama has really increased lately. And, as expected, it has broken the heat wave somewhat. The 4-day average high at Birmingham ending last Thursday, the … Continue reading
TD 5 officially gone, still thunderstorms and cooler weather
Ttropical depression 5 has weakened to a low pressure area now, with scattered thunderstorms in the Gulf and wind gusts mainly less than 25 knots. However, the low will likely still move up into Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama. With the low to our southwest, southerly winds will … Continue reading
The hot summer so far
It is interesting how so far in 2010, we have had a historically long cold snap, but the lowest temperature was only 12 degrees, and now we have had a long heat wave, but the highest temperature has been 101. Not … Continue reading
