Author Archives: Brian Peters

Wet Beginning for Your Weekend

Cloudy along with a bit of a wet start to your morning as an upper level low over Missouri traverses the Southeast US today. You can expect to see clouds for much of the day while the threat of rain … Continue reading →

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Cloudy and Mild with Showers, Cooler Monday

Cloudy skies cover much of the Southeast US this morning with temperatures quite warm as readings fell little over night. The temperature at my weather station in Helena fell only 5 degrees from the high of 71 yesterday to a … Continue reading →

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Cloudy but Warm with Some Rain

Your Saturday is going to be unseasonably warm since warm air advection kicked in over night. As you can see from the temperature plot at my station in Helena, the temperature was falling pretty much as expected until 10 pm … Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 577: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

WeatherBrains Episode 577 is now online (February 6, 2017). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Our Guest WeatherBrain for this episode is author Wayne Neely. Mr. Neely attended the Caribbean Meteorological Institute … Continue reading →

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Weather 101: Hole Punch Clouds

I am excited to be contributing my library of Weather 101 stories to the blog. Look for a couple of them each week as we renew our commitment to Alabamians with the best weather information and other relevant content. – … Continue reading →

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Wet and Cool for Your Sunday

First, let’s celebrate National Weatherperson’s Day for 2017! Hope you didn’t forget to get your favorite weatherperson a nice gift or at least a card! In the Southeast US it is going to be a cool and somewhat wet National … Continue reading →

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Sunny but Cool

Satellite image this morning showed clear skies with just some streaks of passing cirrus clouds. Temperatures had really dropped off, and the Skywatcher at Black Creek in Etowah County reported a low of 18 degrees. With plenty of sunshine beating … Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 576: Kevin Goes Down the Tubes

WeatherBrains Episode 576 is now online (January 31, 2017). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Joining us for this episode is the newly retired former Meteorologist-in-Charge of the National Weather Service Forecast … Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 575: Brian, Quit Muting; Guest: Tim Marshall

WeatherBrains Episode 575 is now online (January 24, 2017). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! One of the biggest guests we’ve ever had joins us from the NWA Chapter meeting in Birmingham, … Continue reading →

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WeatherBrains 574: Never Used It on Either End

WeatherBrains Episode 574 is now online (January 16, 2017). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is the Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service in San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

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