Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
The Weather Channel – My Turn!
If you didn’t see it, James was on The Weather Channel last night and did a great job as the spokesman against idea of out-of-control manmade global warming. See a link to the video in a post below. Roll the … Continue reading
Interesting Satellite Image
This morning as I was looking at the infrared satellite loop at 2:30 AM (yep, that’s normal for a morning weather guy!), I noticed a dark patch of water down in the Gulf that I hadn’t seen before. It’s been … Continue reading
Days getting longer, more sun energy coming in
Those new to the blog may not have seen my “geochron” style maps of daylight on earth like the one above. They basically show where on earth there is daylight, at a given time and date. They are seen often … Continue reading
Severe weather?
SPC continues a slight risk for severe weather over northern and central Alabama, mainly for late afternoon and evening. An upper level storm, with cold temperatures aloft, is approaching from the west, and will move into Alabama by early evening. … Continue reading
Light snow in Alabama
A strong upper low, centered in eastern Mississippi, continues to move very slowly eastward. It is producing some light precipitation in parts of Alabama, mainly west of I-65, early this morning. Some reports include: light snow in Hoover, Haleyville, Crestwood, … Continue reading
Big upper low!
An intense upper level low is currently centered near Vicksburg, MS, and is slowly moving eastward. With an upper-level low, most of the cold air is concentrated near the center and to the NW. For example, Jackson, MS was reporting … Continue reading
Very unstable air, daylight time
We don’t often see convective showers and clouds pop up in such a grid-like pattern. However, due to very cold air moving in just above the surface (temperatures at 4,000 feet near freezing), yet enough sunshine to warm surface temperatures … Continue reading
Morning Storms
Here are some pictures from the storms in northwestern Alabama this morning. Remember, you can send all your weather pictures to [email protected]!
Severe weather update – 315 pm
Thunderstorms continue to form in central and eastern Alabama, and radar shows that rainfall amounts since last night have been heavy. Flooding has been reported in numerous locations (see James’ post below), so be very careful driving home from work … Continue reading
Alabama’s super cold winter
Birmingham’s 10 coldest winters We all knew this was one of the coldest winters in a long time. In this blog, I’ll review the meteorological winter period (December-February) for Birmingham and the northern Hemisphere. As shown above, the average winter … Continue reading
