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Update on cold air
**DANGEROUSLY COLD AIR MOVING IN** See Bill’s post below for details on possible snow Thursday. The cold air is arriving. It was still at or below freezing from BHM northward at noon, and areas north of 278 may stay below … Continue reading
Fourth-Place Finish*
As of 10 AM today, the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport had recorded 71.67″ (unofficially) for the year. It’s unofficial because the NWS climate report has not come out for the day; once that comes out, we will be “official.” So, where does … Continue reading
Football weather, cold air here
People have been wondering about weather for the Outback Bowl in Tampa, between Auburn and Northwestern, on New Year’s Day at 10:00 am CST, and people are already wanting some long range prediction for the BCS National Championship Game in … Continue reading
2010 to start bitterly cold in Alabama
**SEVERE COLD POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK** A cold front will move through Alabama on New Year’s Eve, bringing cold northerly winds to the state by New Year’s Day. Temperatures will fall into the mid 30s, and then struggle to reach 40 … Continue reading
Gravity wave moving through
A gravity wave, or actually a big one followed by several smaller ones, is moving over central Alabama now. It is associated with the band of heavy rain on radar,and the sudden wind speed decrease. It seems that the pressure … Continue reading
Weather analysis – 315 pm
Wow! This is about as widespread and intense as a weather system can get here in The United States. Right now, it is still intensifying to our west. Below are surface pressures and 2-hour pressure changes. The pressures are still … Continue reading
High winds today, gravity waves last night
With a deepening low pressure area to our NW, and increasing high pressure to our east, already gusty winds will continue to increase today, with sustained wind speeds of 30 mph this morning, increasing to 30 to 40 mph this … Continue reading
Wind tomorrow/tomorrow night
Winds are already becoming a little gusty this afternoon, as a low pressure area develops over Texas. As pressures drop rapidly to our west tonight and tomorrow, and yet cold air coming down the east side of the Appalachian Mountains … Continue reading
White Christmas Update
All three major models have trended northward with the big system moving through the central U.S. this week, basically eliminating our snow chances for Christmas. I know, I’m sorry too. 500 mb heights/vorticity (shaded areas illustrate upper disturbances) We may … Continue reading
White Christmas – Early Analysis
You know, we’ve been down this road before. There was a small chance of snow on Christmas in 2007. (Here is a sample blog post from Christmas Eve.) We had a little freezing drizzle on Christmas Eve in 1998. In … Continue reading
