The Southeast River Forecast Center has updated its 24-hour rainfall map for central Alabama. These maps include some mixture of radar estimates and rain gage totals, I think, such that every location has a rain amount, but radar biases can … Continue reading →

The rainfall totals have been very impressive across Alabama. There were also some amazing totals in Florida, in Panama City to be specific. One of my good friends, Jason Kelley works at WJHG in PC. He’s the Chief Meteorologist there … Continue reading →

Ahh…isn’t it nice to hear the sound of rain outside, with an occasional clap of thunder? Soaking rains continue over much of central Alabama, associated with warm air flowing up and over a layer of cooler air near the surface. … Continue reading →

SPC has placed much of central and south Alabama in a slight risk for severe storms for today. A low pressure area, currently in central Louisiana, will move northeastward this morning, through Mississippi and into Tennessee by noon. As the … Continue reading →

With upper-level dynamics and air overrunning the warm front to our SW, another area of moderate to heavy rain is approaching central Alabama from the SW. Another inch or two of rainfall is likely in many areas, including BHM, as … Continue reading →

Today is February 20. So far this year, we’ve seen 2 snow events in Alabama (a light one in north Alabama on Jan 16 and a heavier one from BHM south on Jan 19). We also had a light icing … Continue reading →

I know that we meteorologists go over the tornado safety rules a lot…small room, lowest floor, center of the building, away from windows (and outside doors), protect your head, put as many walls between you and the tornado as you … Continue reading →

It appears that today’s tornado outbreak, while not of the scale and size of the “Super Tuesday” tornado outbreak of week before last, was still very significant, especially for Alabama. The worst damage being reported at this time (these reports … Continue reading →

A look at the radar from Fort Rucker, AL, which shows at least 5 distinct areas of rotation. One moving into Randolph county, one broad area in Coosa county, one NW of Prattville, one about to move into Lowndes county … Continue reading →