Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
1 pm nowcast
Tornado warning still in effect for Dallas County until 130 pm. A stationary front continues to lie across central Alabama, and moist southerly winds are flowing up and over that front to produce very heavy rain and thunderstorms from SE … Continue reading
Weather is a fun job
What a forecast over the next 3 days! March may be coming in like a lion, as they say. Maybe not. The above chart is the NAM 500 mb heights and vorticity forecast, every 6 hours, beginning tomorrow morning at … Continue reading
Wednesday Storms – Different View
While most of the pictures of the storm that moved through central Alabama on Wednesday were from the south side (as they should be, since any funnel clouds or tornadoes would be visible from that side), Brian Peters and I … Continue reading
A few severe weather notes
Latest visible satellite shows some breaks in the clouds, especially over south Alabama. A few even farther north. The 60+ dewpoints have now reached as far NE as a line from Tupelo to Demopolis to Enterprise, and those dewpoints will … Continue reading
A lot of weather
The new day 1 convective outlook just came out from the Storm Prediction Center…moderate risk over a small area in south-central Alabama, including Demopolis, Clanton, Auburn, Montgomery, and Troy. The rest of the state is in slight risk. Very complicated … Continue reading
Morning Storms
One fairly strong thunderstorm is moving from northern Bibb into southwestern Shelby County as of 2:20 AM. Some pea-sized hail has been reported with this storm in Tuscaloosa along Alabama Highway 69 south of town toward Taylorville. Frequent lightning, heavy … Continue reading
Storm chase, possible heat burst
(Time lapse at 8x normal speed, stratocumulus clouds along dryline, then dryline itself, at Smith Lake facing west.) Brian Peters and I did a quick storm chase today up I-65 to Exit 299 then met the line of storms on … Continue reading
Dave Schwartz on weatherbrains tonight
We’ll have a special guest on weatherbrains tonight. Dave Schwartz, a longtime, well-loved, but recently laid-off meteorologist from The Weather Channel will join us. We will talk about Dave’s fascinating career, including his 20+ years at TWC, as he worked … Continue reading
Heat Island!
Often on a clear, calm night, when radiational cooling is occurring, cities stay warmer than the surrounding rural areas. This is mainly due to the concrete in the cities holding in more heat, and also has to do with heat … Continue reading
Light Snow NE Alabama
An impulse rotating around the large upper trough over the eastern US tonight is setting off some light snow in middle and eastern Tennessee and into extreme NE Alabama tonight. The snow may not be reaching the ground in many … Continue reading
