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Cool morning
It’s a nice morning, with cool temps (especially in some places). Lows so far vary greatly in Alabama, due to terrain, whether the wind blew last night, and due to the urban heat island. Lows so far: Birmingham Airport 62 … Continue reading
Rain mainly SE of Birmingham so far
With a cold front slowly approaching from the NW, numerous showers and thunderstorms have developed this afternoon, mainly south of I-59. Some of the storms are producing rainfall rates up to one inch per hour. So far, rain has been … Continue reading
Cool Satellite Loops – Autumn Underway
James’ afternoon weather extreme video has lots of great tropical info…scroll down to catch that. I have included 4 visible satellite loops below that you may enjoy. The first two are of most of the U.S., during the morning hours … Continue reading
Autumn begins this morning
Autumn officially begins. The autumnal equinox, or the time when the sun is overhead at the equator, occurs at 4:51 am CDT today. To a close approximation, there are 12 hours of daylight all over the world. You can see … Continue reading
Gulf system
The tropical depression in the northern Gulf of Mexico continues to move slowly NW this afternoon. Convection has actually decreased since this morning, but may be starting to increase again in the last hour. Aircraft reconnaisance reports maximum flight-level winds … Continue reading
Gulf update 130 am
The tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico continues to circulate! A large area of showers and thunderstorms is north of the center, with a second area moving over northern FL. At least one tornado has been reported in Lake … Continue reading
Tropical system
Convection has increased somewhat with the potential tropical system off the east coast of Florida this afternoon, click here for the latest radar loop. As James mentions in the video (scroll down), the NAM and the GFS now bring this … Continue reading
Football & Fall
I’m just sitting here all cozy in the weather center waiting for our late news to come on tonight and thought I’d pop on over to the blog. This has been a wonderful day. Nothing special has happened, but it’s … Continue reading
Strong storms out there
Significant weather alerts in effect for Cherokee, Calhoun, Montgomery, and Elmore Counties. Wind shear and instability appear to be shifting focus to eastern half of the state. Strongest storms are in a line from near Weiss Lake to Sylacauga, then … Continue reading
Tornado warning continued Jefferson County
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1157 AM CDT FRI SEP 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES … Continue reading
