Author Archives: Brian Peters
Cold Air Arriving
The surface low that formed in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico yesterday scooted quickly eastward overnight spreading a little light rain across Central Alabama. The system spawned at least two tornadoes on the Florida West Coast in the vicinity of … Continue reading
Satellite View
Here’s a look at the visible satellite image for late this Saturday morning. Much of Alabama is experiencing some welcome sunshine, but not all areas. As I’ve noted in the image, fog was still in place in the southeast portion … Continue reading
Temperatures Heading Colder Again
After a wet start to Friday, the weather turned dry for the afternoon and evening with some fog especially across the southeastern quadrant of Alabama. Today will be a mostly sunny day with some clouds later in the day as … Continue reading
Alex Becomes Hurricane
Alex continues to make meteorological news in the Atlantic. And the latest is that Alex has become a hurricane. The Azores Meteorological Service has issued a Hurricane Warning for the islands of Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Graciosa, and Terceira in … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 521: Bunch of WCMs Drunk
WeatherBrains Episode 521 is now online (January 12, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Tonight’s guest WeatherBrain needs no introduction to the WeatherBrains community. He is known as the Atmospheric Avenger … Continue reading
Cold Morning in Central AL
Special thanks to the folks at the National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Birmingham for preparing the Public Information below with reports of morning lows across the various counties in Central Alabama. Definitely a shivery morning, and the coldest here … Continue reading
Cold Day for Central Alabama
There’s no doubt that the cold air has arrived in Central Alabama. Temperatures have gone almost no where today as a result of the very strong cold air advection that is underway. The detailed Birmingham weather observations show that the … Continue reading
Cold Air Arrives
The rain moved out of Alabama last night as the cold front swept through the state dropping temperatures into the 30s this morning. A few snow flurries were being reported at scattered locations across the Tennessee River Valley, but this … Continue reading
Potentially Strong Thunderstorms N MS
For the area previously outlooked by SPC with a marginal rating, it continues to look like we may see some strong thunderstorms, but in their mesoscale discussion, SPC does not anticipate issuing a watch. A strong vorticity maxima was moving … Continue reading
Dreary Day
A dreary day across Central and North Alabama with a fairly dense overcast shutting out the sun. This was keeping temperatures in the 50s for nearly all of Alabama with the exception of Mobile where temperatures were in the lower … Continue reading
