We in the weather business in BHM own up to a less than perfect forecast today. It did snow, and it did accumulate in some areas, but for some reasons I will explain later, the 1″ accumulating snow didn’t happen … Continue reading →

As you can see from the radar picture above, another area of snow is coming through the BHM metro area, but temperatures are still 34-37 degrees in most of central Alabama, and this snow doesn’t look heavy enough to take … Continue reading →

Mainly light snow showers are occurring over parts of Alabama this morning, but so far the precipitation has been very light, and road problems have not occurred in the BHM area so far (that I know of). However, you can … Continue reading →

Due to the brief return of southerly flow to our west, some light precipitation has developed over AR, LA, and MS due to the warm air going up and over the colder air near the surface. Some of this precipitation … Continue reading →

Temperatures are below freezing now across most of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Temperatures won’t fall too much overnight, as we get a little bit of southeast flow ahead of the next cold front. We should drop slowly through the upper … Continue reading →

Northerly flow around a high to our NW and a low to our NE continues to bring extremely cold air into Alabama. This map has looked almost the same for days now…that’s what happens with an extremely negative Arctic Oscillation … Continue reading →

00Z models have backed off on snow somewhat for BHM area, not showing the Gulf low we need to get heavy snow this far north. Water equivalent on GFS is 0.09″, NAM is 0.05″, meaning about 1″ in BHM. The … Continue reading →

**DANGEROUSLY COLD AIR TO CONTINUE…COULD GET WORSE LATE THIS WEEK** **SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY** This was our coldest morning of the outbreak so far, with lows in the teens as far south as Birmingham and Auburn (see JB’s post below). An … Continue reading →

As of 330 am, 20 here in Trussville, 22 BHM, 25 TCL, 18 ANB, 19 GAD, UAH 17, 25 MGM, 26 Dothan, 31 MOB, 32 Gulf Shores, 32 Panama City, 13 Mentone, 19 Atlanta. Probably will not make it above … Continue reading →

The cold air continues to pour into Alabama this evening. Temperatures are already several degrees colder than they were at this time last night, with mid 20s at 9 pm over most of central Alabama (25 BHM, 28 TCL, 25 … Continue reading →