OK, now looking at latest European, NOGAPS, and UKMET, after earlier looking at GFS, Canadian, and NAM (now through Monday morning), we’re getting a little bit of model disagreement here. This will make it challenging. But, a winter storm for … Continue reading →

Quick look at GFS, Canadian, and NAM (now through Monday morning). These models seem to agree somewhat with the European, that the colder air may be a little slower in getting here, and/or the low may be a little bit … Continue reading →

The computer models are in agreement on the overall pattern, with upper-level impulses approaching a weak front over the Gulf, forming a low pressure area near the Gulf coast Sunday night or Monday. This will bring precipitation to the southeast … Continue reading →

OK, this is a little funny to me and some people I know, because some of my co-workers used to call me Timmy. The NWS in Memphis started this program in 2005 as a tornado awareness campaign, similar to Smokey … Continue reading →

This blog is by J.B. Elliott and me, and is a response to a request: I think it would be interesting to the blog group if you could describe a classic snow event set up for our area. It would … Continue reading →

This radar composite from BMX and HTX shows the light snow moving through central and northeast Alabama this afternoon. Numerous reports of snow/sleet in north Alabama earlier, and now it is snowing lightly over much of Jefferson County (including in … Continue reading →

It’s pretty nice out there today in Alabama, with temps in the 50s and sunshine! But, another cold front will move through Alabama tomorrow, turning winds back out of the northwest and bringing us one more shot of very cold … Continue reading →

An upper-level impulse is producing an area of very light snow across western and middle Tennessee and northern Alabama, and it is moving south. However, the air is do dry that most of the snow is sublimating (going straight from … Continue reading →

1. The low of 12 in BHM this morning placed this morning in the 98.5 percentile for winter mornings (December through February), meaning only 1.5% of winter mornings (150 out of 10,194) since 1896 have been at least this cold. … Continue reading →

It’s mighty cold outside today, with temperatures at mid-afternoon below freezing most places north of a line from Gadsden to Warrior. With the wind blowing, mountain tops are even colder…it’s 29 on the mountain in Clay NE of BHM, 30 … Continue reading →