As of 355 am, arctic cold front has moved through most of BHM area, with NW winds becoming gusty. Temperatures drop rapidly right behind the front. Take a look at 1-minute temps from UAH. It dropped 7 degrees in 12 … Continue reading →

This post is an update of one from yesterday, but with some added cautions/advice from readers, etc. about the cold weather, and new data. Here is the temperature and wind chill forecast for BHM from the GFS model. We should … Continue reading →

There are still slight discrepancies among the model on just how cold it will get, but all models are in agreement on an Arctic blast. Perhaps more important than just how low the temperature drops this week is how long … Continue reading →

A look at the morning computer models (and the large area of temperatures between -20 and -60 over Alaska and Canada) confirms that the cold air is coming our way. The GFS, European, UKMET, and NOGAPS models all indicate a … Continue reading →

The Arctic air coming next week is taking over the weather headlines. As James discusses below, the timing of the cold air, also how cold it will be and whether there will be any ice or snow, is very difficult … Continue reading →

These images are from Ron Jesser at Parker Towing Company (these are the people who let me ride one of their towboats in the fall). They are on the north side of the Warrior River in Northport, just off Rice … Continue reading →

Radar-estimated rainfall since Sunday evening. The widespread heavy rainfall since Sunday night has caused flooding problems over parts of Alabama. Please scroll down to see a slideshow of flooding pictures sent in to ABC 33/40. This blog post is more … Continue reading →

(See James’ post of flooding pictures below). In addition to the reports of wind damage (and a possible tornado near Oxford and the waterspout on Weiss Lake), flooding is still a big story with this system, and unfortunately will continue … Continue reading →

A very dynamic and wet pattern is setting up over Alabama for tomorrow. As James discusses in his morning video (scroll down to see that), there is a chance for severe storms in parts of Alabama tomorrow and tomorrow night. … Continue reading →

A line of storms is moving through the BHM metropolitan area right now. The NWS Doppler radar at Calera shows winds above 50 mph just 1,000 feet or so off the ground, so a few spots, especially on ridge tops … Continue reading →