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Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight. You can get an extra hour of sleep! Sunrise tomorrow will be at 6:08 am, and sunset will be at 4:54 pm. I am still … Continue reading
Warm rivers on satellite
Temperatures are running about 5 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning, but much of Alabama will still drop near freezing, with plenty of frost again. The warmer air didn’t really blow in here on west or south winds in … Continue reading
Severe Local Storms Conference – Days 2 and 3
I’m back in Alabama, after a 3-day trip to Savannah, GA for the American Meteorological Society’s 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, held every 2 years. For pictures from Sunday, including Augusta National Golf Course and the Savannah River DOE … Continue reading
Severe Storms Conference – Day 1
I am writing this from a hotel room in Savannah, Georgia, site of the American Meteorological Society’s 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms. They hold these every 2 years, and severe weather researchers and forecasters from around the country meet … Continue reading
Lots of cold air on the way
If you haven’t already turned it on, you will likely need your furnace either this weekend, or almost certainly next week (unless you keep your house in the 50s in the winter like one of my colleagues from Minnesota). The … Continue reading
Cool morning
I don’t know about you, but our heat ran last night! Here is a list of lows around the state: BHM 44 Anniston 42 Tuscaloosa 45 Montgomery 46 Auburn 45 Huntsville 41 Muscle Shoals 37 Hartselle 34 Albertville 43 Pleasant … Continue reading
Much cooler weather here for a while
You can just about turn the air conditioning off for at least the next couple of weeks, as a cold front is moving through Alabama early this morning, and it doesn’t look like the cool air is going anywhere in … Continue reading
UAH in Gustav
Our team at UAH have been on 3 deployments to tropical systems this year…Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike. The fleet of 4 vehicles includes the MAX (Mobile Alabama X-band radar), the MIPS (Mobile Integrated Profiling System, takes … Continue reading
Equal Time Rules
I think somewhere in the FCC rules it states…”if you show Omar and Dave you must also give equal time for James and James.” Hmmm…
Cold air on the way
A cold air mass is moving across the northern Plains early this morning, with temperatures in the 30s way down into Iowa and Nebraska. It’s that time of year! The cold air will be slow to move south, but the … Continue reading
