Author Archives: Brian Peters
Chapter 2 – Ridge, Ridge, Ridge!
Once again this morning, the Alabama sky features some clouds left over from the convection that occurred yesterday afternoon. Warm and muggy conditions greet people this morning with the morning lows generally in the lower and middle 70s. The surface … Continue reading
Ridge, Ridge, Ridge!
After a number of scattered storms across Central Alabama yesterday afternoon, Alabamians are waking up to the presence of a few clouds especially along the western half of the state, but the weather radars are clear. A few showers were … Continue reading
Scattered Showers Each Day
A fairly typical summer-type weather pattern will produce scattered showers once again across North and Central Alabama. Surface high pressure will help to keep things warm with highs in the range of 89 to 92. The upper air pattern continued … Continue reading
Showers Numerous Today
The early morning satellite image showed cloudy skies across about the northern half of Alabama, and radar was even picking up on areas of some sprinkles or very light rain. The upper air flow has been slow to change so … Continue reading
Break in the Heat Continues
The break in the heat is going to stick with us for the day and into the start of the weekend. The high at the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport yesterday was 89 degrees which is actually 2 degrees below the … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 549: Do We Look Like Dorks Wearing It
WeatherBrains Episode 549 is now online (July 25, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Our guest WeatherBrain for this episode is Trevor White. Trevor started at Virginia Tech as a Business … Continue reading
Heat, Humidity, Isolated Storms
Satellite imagery shows a few clouds across the Alabama sky this morning with temperatures running in the middle and upper 70s. I expect to see a mixture of sun and clouds today with isolated showers and thunderstorms developing in the … Continue reading
Heat and Showers in Forecast
Traveling weather systems remain well north of the Southeast US, so we are looking at a weather pattern that will not be changing much over the next seven days. There will be minor changes, but they will be subtle and … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 548: Hang Out at Mr. Wang’s All Day
WeatherBrains Episode 548 is now online (July 20, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight’s Guest WeatherBrain is a Lead Forecaster for the Capital Weather Gang. Angela Fritz, welcome to WeatherBrains. … Continue reading
Weather Heating Up Once Again
*** No Weather Xtreme Video this morning due to operational weather support for the Sloss Music and Arts Festival *** Alabama is waking up to fewer clouds than we saw in our sky yesterday morning. With the exit of that … Continue reading
