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Mild summer
(NOAA) After the coolest 4-day period at Birmingham in July since 1972 (neat statistics here), I started looking a little closer at past summers, and the weather to come over the next few days. In a normal summer, we have … Continue reading
Coolest July weather in a long time
With the latest cool snap in Alabama, we’ve experienced some of the coolest July temperatures in a long time. Several record lows have been broken or tied, see Brian Peters’ post below. And, many places in NE Alabama dropped into … Continue reading
Record Lows
It’s shortly before 5 AM, and several records have already been broken around Alabama this Monday morning! Average low temperatures this time of year are around 70 degrees, but this feels a lot like late September (can anyone say football?)! … Continue reading
Beware the lightning, possible flooding
Radar 1-hour rainfall Visible satellite picture A line of thunderstorms has moved in from the NW and expanded over the past 2 hours, with the heaviest rain now extending from near Logan Martin Lake, to downtown BHM and west Jefferson … Continue reading
Village Creek Flooding
The flooding situation in the Birmingham area will get better later today as the storms move out, but in the short-term, some spots in the western part of the city are facing water up to car doors. It could get … Continue reading
Warrior River Trip 2009
Jason Simpson and I went all the way to Tuscaloosa and back. The next challenge is Demopolis. Eventually, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico! Part 1 Part 2
Tim’s technology
(Me doing a blog on my TI-99 4/A computer recently) Actually, since James, Brian, and the other Mac guys make fun of me for being so behind because I have a PC, I thought I would show them what I … Continue reading
Storm chase by boat!
OK, so we weren’t trying to chase the storm up close…it was a derecho. It comes to your location. We just wanted to get a look at it in a fairly wide-open part of the river with a good view … Continue reading
Strong winds
Sitting in car in Trussville. Radar (can’t upload BMX picture) shows wind 56-67 mph with the approaching bow echo right off the ground. Get ready! Stay where you are, indoors. Trees will come down.
Update 405 pm
Severe storms have developed now over west Alabama, and the bow echo is still holding together over SE Arkansas, approaching Memphis. Numerous reports of wind damage have been received in Oklahoma and Arkansas with the bow echo. Take a look … Continue reading
