Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Chilton County Storm Picture
ABC 33/40 has a news crew in the Clanton area looking for damage right now. Reports are varied, but we understand that either straight-line winds or a small tornado caused some minor damage around Lomax. The true extent of the … Continue reading
A cool summer
Bananarama sang and Ace of Base redid a song about this, right? No, that was a “cruel summer”, where they stated that the air was “so heavy and dry” (actually correct…dry air is denser than moist air at equal temperature … Continue reading
Tropical storm Danny update
Danny remains large and disorganized early this morning, but has strengthened a little, with a new low pressure area possibly forming near the most thunderstorms. Hurricane hunter aircraft found winds of 50 mph. Computer models indicate that Danny will strengthen … Continue reading
Hurricane Bill and Cold Fronts
If one looks at the above map, showing Hurricane Bill’s track over the last 2 or 3 days, and then its forecast track over the next 5 days, it may make a few people along the east coast of the … Continue reading
Hurricane Bill Strengthens
The 2009’s first hurricane of the season is now a major category 4 storm with sustained winds near 135 MPH. Here’s the text from the National Hurricane Center: …BILL STRENGTHENS TO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE… INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS … Continue reading
Tropical Storm Claudette and its Effects on Alabama
Tropical Storm Caludette was named at 1115 am CDT, due to winds of 40 mph detected by the Tallahassee Doppler radar. Aircraft reconnaisance found flight-level wind of 63 mph. The satellite presentation of Claudette, while not symmetrical and intense like … Continue reading
Final review on Norman trip
I have sent a couple of other blogs from the road, but this is a review with all the pictures from those blogs plus others in a slideshow. It was a nice trip. I was invited to speak at NSSL … Continue reading
Norman OK Day 2
Day 2 in Norman was Monday, and I got to meet with a lot of fascinating people and see most of the National Weather Center. The highlights were the tour of Storm Prediction Center (SPC) by director Joe Schaeffer, and … Continue reading
Hello from Norman, Oklahoma
I am here in Norman, home of the National Weather Center, and probably the biggest concentration of severe weather experts in the world! It’s intimidating. I have been invited to speak at NWC (which houses the Storm Prediction Center, the … Continue reading
Severe storms possible tonight
Thunderstorms are already developing in central Alabama at 341 pm, mainly south of I-20. These storms are developing along a boundary, or cool front, left behind by this morning’s rain over north Alabama. Temperatures have reached the lower 90s at … Continue reading
