Author Archives: AWXVTEC FEED
Severe Weather
SPC has issued the new day 1 convective outlook. It shows much of northern and western Alabama in a slight risk for severe storms today and tonight, with moderate risk to our west. To read the SPC outlook, click here. … Continue reading
Severe Weather Update
Not a whole lot has changed in the forecast since discussions this morning (scroll down for those). Spring-like system developing over the next 24 hours, with warm, humid air already moving in. Dewpoints in the 60s are already as far … Continue reading
Severe Weather Tuesday
SPC has issued its Day 2 Severe Weather Outlook, and it does include NW Alabama, roughly west of a line from Chattanooga to Birmingham to Demopolis, in moderate risk for severe weather, mainly for Tuesday night. To read their discussion, … Continue reading
Undular bore, gravity wave again
You may recall the dramatic time lapse video and Doppler radar image of an undular bore in Iowa we posted on this blog back in October. If not, click here. These are relatively rare meteorological events. They are a form … Continue reading
Ice, snow, thunderstorms, gravity waves
Meteorology is a fun science. Some days have it all. Not that dropping from the 60s to the 20s in one day wasn’t interesting on Tuesday. This morning, the southeastern U.S,. has a little of everything. Ice: With rain moving … Continue reading
Dangerously windy cold air
At 945 pm, the cold front was located just south of I-59, from near Gadsden to Pelham, moving southeast about 40 mph. The cold air associated with this front is behaving almost like an outflow boundary of cool air ahead … Continue reading
Severe Weather Update 245 pm
With the strong cold front approaching, there is a slight risk for severe storms this evening over about the northern half of Alabama, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC). The instability is very limited…even in the area behind a … Continue reading
That’s a cold front.
Take a look at surface observations at 1 pm in the Ozarks and surrounding areas… At 1 pm, it was 69 degrees in UNO (West Plains Airport), while only about 100 miles NW of there, it was 29 degrees at … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 105: Gravity and the AMS
WeatherBrains Episode 105 is now online (January 28, 2008). This is THE netcast audio program for people who absolutely love everything weather. He Ain’t Heavy: But he knows gravity. Tim Coleman is one of the leading researchers on atmospheric gravity … Continue reading
Icing Update
Scroll down to Bill Murray’s post for a complete list of temperatures and other information. Just to add a couple of things…NWS reports that ALDOT was out taking the temperature of some bridges earlier in central Alabama, and they were … Continue reading
