Take a look at the 00 UTC NAM surface charts just in. Hmm. It shows a tropical system very slowly developing this week in the northern Gulf and then drifting inland around Panama City or Destin by Thursday. The NAM … Continue reading →

An isolated storm formed around 1 pm in extreme northern Jefferson County near Warrior, and has slowly moved basically right down Morris-Majestic Road (my route to I-65 to HSV) since then, through Morris and Pinson, then over the Sweeney Hollow … Continue reading →

I have put together a long radar reflectivity loop of Hurricane Dolly, from 5 am through 1 pm, about the time Dolly made landfall on South Padre Island, Texas. Images from Plymouth State Weather Center. Below is an animation of … Continue reading →

Next-door neighboors’ house illuminated by one of the lightning strikes. thunder.wav During last night’s powerful thunderstorm here in Trussville, even when most of the rain was to the east, we had some very powerful lightning strikes at close range, resulting … Continue reading →

It’s hot this afternoon, with 3 pm temps in the upper 90s over most of Alabama, and over 100 in some western counties. We have some fairly detailed measurements of the heat at UAH that you may find interesting. First … Continue reading →

With all the action in the tropics, we haven’t been talking too much about the heat starting to build in Alabama. It’s nothing like last year’s heat wave, but it is worth noting, especially if you or your family have … Continue reading →