Author Archives: Brian Peters
Wet Today; Cold Sunday
Latest radar image composite across the Southeast US shows rain pushing east into Alabama as a surface low over the Lower Mississippi River Valley pushes northeastward into the eastern Great Lakes. This will result in a rather wet day for … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 520: Drop the Bomb and Leave
WeatherBrains Episode 520 is now online (January 4, 2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Our guest WeatherBrain tonight comes from an encounter at the NWA national conference in Oklahoma City. We’re … Continue reading
Chill Holds On
Central Alabama saw a mixture of clouds and sunshine yesterday, but the return to some sunshine did little to thwart the chill of the cold air advection with high temperatures across Central Alabama only climbing into the 40s. Fortunately, the … Continue reading
How About Some Sun?
How about a little sunshine for the second day of 2016? We’re not likely to see full sunshine, but it does look like we’ll see some sunshine mixed with the clouds today as the upper air pattern shifts into a … Continue reading
Midday Weather Check
Clouds continued across all of the Southeast US at midday. If you look really closely, you may find a thin spot or a small break in the clouds, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see much sun on this first … Continue reading
Chilly and Dry Weather to Start 2016
2015 ended on a very wet note with some record warmth, but it appears that 2016 will start on flip side with cool and dry weather. Plus we get to cheer for Alabama as they take on Clemson for the … Continue reading
Drier but Cloudy to End 2015
For North and Central Alabama, 2015 is going to end on a drier note, but we’ll still have to contend with the clouds. The surface frontal boundary that brought rain to nearly all of Alabama yesterday has drifted ever so … Continue reading
Weather Radio Test Postponed
Wednesday is the usual day for the National Weather Service (NWS) to test the warning alarm feature of NOAA Weather Radio transmitters. Due to the ongoing weather, that test has been postponed to Saturday. Here is the announcement from the … Continue reading
Gates Open at Martin Dam
The NWS in Birmingham issued the Public Information Statement you see below to notify people that may have property along the Lower Tallapoosa and Alabama rivers that gate operations have begun at Martin Dam. According to the statement, two (2) … Continue reading
Areal Flood Advisory
The NWS in Birmingham has issued an areal flood advisory for all or parts of Pike and Barbour counties until 12:30 pm. Rain, heavy at times, will be moving across the warned area creating flooding issues due to the already … Continue reading
