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Cool Pictures
I’ve thought before…I wonder what it’s like down at the river on a day like this? (A day with high temps near 40 and a Lake Wind Advisory in effect). Today, my wife and I decided to find out, and … Continue reading
Gravity waves
What a weather system. The strong cold front came through the Birmingham area between 9 and 10 pm, wind gusts 35-40 mph in many areas, with some gusts at higher elevations likely near 50 knots. Radars indicate that, while the … Continue reading
Cold air, snow
What a weather system. The strong cold front came through the Birmingham area between 9 and 10 pm, wind gusts 35-40 mph in many areas, with some gusts at higher elevations likely near 50 mph. Check out wind gusts reported … Continue reading
What a Gust!
Wow…the wind has been amazing this evening. Here is a line up of some wind gust from our skycam locations across the state: Birmingham: 47 Hamilton: 38 Cheaha: 34 Inverness: 40 Tuscaloosa: 47 Demopolis: 38 Gadsden: 23 Jasper: 33 Gulf … Continue reading
Snow in Alabama? It’s tough.
The 00 UTC models (the Canadian, GFS, and European) are in reasonably good agreement, showing a surface low developing in SE Texas late Friday, moving to north Alabama on Saturday, then into the Northeast U.S. as a powerful storm Saturday … Continue reading
Rare warmth
For statistics buffs, here is something neat. The 3 pm temperature in BHM is 78 degrees. Even if the temperature did not climb to 79 between observations today, and the high was 78, that puts us in rare territory. The … Continue reading
Temp range at 10 pm
JB has discussed how Birmingham is not a one-number town when it comes to lows at night. On the way back to Trussville tonight, I tried to keep up with temperature extremes, as indicated by the built-in thermometer on the … Continue reading
Changing Seasons
Check out the following three pictures I took looking west on the Warrior River from Bluff Creek (about 8 miles south of Gorgas by water). They are of sunsets from May 4, Oct 13, and Nov 30. Notice how the … Continue reading
Feeling The Front
I mentioned this the other day on the big WeatherBrains netcast, but wanted to bring it up here… One of my favorite things to do is track a dry cold front and run outside to feel the wind shift around … Continue reading
Increasing Cold Air
It’s getting late into the fall now. The leaves are mainly brown in Alabama, and the days are short. It’s cold outside now, and there’s plenty of cold air to go around. Let’s take a look at how the Northern … Continue reading
