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Storms will move into BHM next hour
An area of showers and strong thunderstorms is in Mississippi and west Alabama now, and will move into the BHM area by 500-530 pm. The storm near Tuscaloosa looks dangerous, as it has weak rotation and high radar reflectivity. It … Continue reading
Cool Texas “rolling cloud” video
The time-lapse video (converted to animation) above was taken in San Antonio, Texas on February 18, 2008 by Steven Browne. Notice how the clouds are literally rolling toward you, like rolling water pipes. You can see them on satellite, also. … Continue reading
A lot of rain
14-day rainfall (SERFC) The above map shows the estimated rainfall over Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and much of Mississippi and Georgia, over the past 2 weeks. These estimates combine radar-estimated precipitation with rain gauges to calibrate the radars. Note the large … Continue reading
Small threat still remains
The showers and thunderstorms moving through central Alabama now contain heavy rain, gusty winds, and vivid lightning, so they’re nothing to ignore. But, the air has remained fairly stable today due to all the cloud cover, and the storms are … Continue reading
Waves, birds on radar, tornadoes
….TORNADO WATCH NORTHWEST ALABAMA UNTIL 400 PM CDT… Take a look at the gravity waves moving through the clouds in Mississippi. For an animation, go to https://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=MGM&itype=vis&size=large&endDate=20100501&endTime=-1&duration=4. These waves may be caused by wind shear, that has a maximum in … Continue reading
Severe weather, heavy rain
Tornadoes hit in Arkansas last night, and the weather system that produced them is slow-moving, much like the one we dealt with last week. This one doesn’t look as intense with wind shear in Alabama, but there still may be … Continue reading
Oil Spill
This satellite image from yesterday shows the oil spill off the Louisiana Coast resulting from the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig. Late reports last night indicated that the oil had reached the mouth of the Mississippi … Continue reading
Southeast tornado research at UAH
The posts written by Bill Murray and myself yesterday about “Dixie Alley” seem to have gotten some attention. You can see those here and here. These describe the possible reasons for the misconceptions about where tornado alley is, and the … Continue reading
Dixie Alley and Tornado Research
This blog is partially a response to Bill’s blog about “Dixie Alley”; scroll down to see this very interesting article. It’s not just long-track EF3-EF5 tornadoes that occur in the Southeast at the same frequency as the Plains, it’s all … Continue reading
Storms merge
A severe thunderstorm warning also continues until 1230 for Jefferson/Blount. Two storm about to merge, and we’ll have to watch this area in NE Jefferson County, western St. Clair, and Blount counties. Flas flooding also a major problem…don’t drive tonight … Continue reading
