Author Archives: Brian Peters
Coolish Day for Mid May
What a pleasant feeling to step outside this morning and feel some cooler, drier air in place across North and Central Alabama. Many spots across northern Alabama dipped into the 40s this morning which most reporting stations in Central Alabama … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 538: I Lost Out to Swedish Meatballs
WeatherBrains Episode 538 is now online (May 9, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! We’ll be hosting Eric Berger, formerly of the Houston Chronicle and now with Ars Technica for this … Continue reading
Gorgeous Warm Day for Alabama
Satellite image shows a clear sky across nearly all of the Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. The clear sky has allowed temperatures to climb into the middle 80s across the area, so it is warm. The average high for this … Continue reading
Beautiful Day for Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Alabama was waking up about 5 to 7 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning with readings in the 50s. A clear sky this morning should see some afternoon clouds with lots of sunshine and those afternoon … Continue reading
Warming Trend Setting In
Another cool morning across the Southeast US, and probably the last cool morning for at least a while. Our morning lows average around 57 for early May, but most of Central Alabama saw lows about 10 degrees below those averages. … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 537: I’m Not Wearing Any Pants
WeatherBrains Episode 537 is now online (May 2, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Coming from the Weather Channel for this episode is Thomas Niziol, winter weather expert. Weather Channel celebrating … Continue reading
Turning Wet for West Alabama
There is a lot of weather and events going on across Alabama, so plenty to talk about at 1:25 pm. First, Talladega. Looks like the GEICO 500 got off to a good start and they are really living right at … Continue reading
Weather Update at 11:05 am
The weather continued to be wet for some and dry for others this morning. The Columbus, MS, Doppler radar continued to show thunderstorms moving into Alabama across portions of Lamar, Pickens, Fayette, Walker, and Marion counties. The motion of the … Continue reading
Showers Developing
The air mass over Alabama remains unstable and quite moist as evidenced by dew points running in the upper 60s in Central Alabama and middle 60s in North Alabama. The morning sounding at the Shelby County Airport this morning showed … Continue reading
Unsettled Weather Continues Today and Monday
If you are looking for the weather to settle down, you’ll have to wait a couple more days. The main player was a surface low in southern Illinois with a cold front trailing back into Southeast Texas. That along with … Continue reading
