Author Archives: Brian Peters
Chapala Churning Closer to Land
Typhoon Chapala remained a hurricane this morning and continued to churn across the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden as it gets closer to landfall in Yemen. This is the latest satellite view of Chapala. It was getting closer … Continue reading
Raining All Over the World
Well, not exactly, but there sure is a lot of rain going on across the Southeast US. Here’s a look at radar at 1:20 pm CST. This is a composite of the various radars from the National Weather Service (NWS) … Continue reading
Some Rainfall Reports
I don’t see all of the various reports that come across our various sources, but I thought with the rains of yesterday I would try to collect some of the actual observations. Before I do that, here is the Storm … Continue reading
More Rain Coming Our Way
Don’t forget! You needed to set your clocks back one hour as we go off of Daylight Saving Time. That also means that we are now 6 hours different from Greenwich, England, when referencing Greenwich Mean Time (GMT or Z). … Continue reading
Tropical Troubles in Arabian Sea
I know that it is one the other side of the world, but while the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins were quiet, Tropical Cyclone Chapala was taking advantage of the warmest waters ever recorded in the Arabian Sea for this … Continue reading
You Have Got to See THIS ! !
I ran across this completely by accident, and I am so glad I did. I know it is NOT about weather, but it is about something we all should have – a caring spirit. I am so glad that I’m … Continue reading
Turning Wet Yet Again
Additional delays with the video thanks to problems with YouTube. Let’s start off with a marvelous sunset picture over Weiss Lake taken by Teresa Sauls that James retweeted yesterday afternoon. What a great ending to a week that started wet. … Continue reading
Pictorial Review of Recent Weather
As I was casually scrolling through my twitter feed yesterday, I became clearly aware of the number of people who were tweeting images that had some relationship to weather. So I thought I would put together just a few of … Continue reading
Looking for Snow?
Are you a snow lover? Looking for that first snow? Well, the NOAA Climate Center has created the perfect graphic for you. That graphic, shown below, shows the historic date of the first snow. Unfortunately for those of us who … Continue reading
Interesting Look at Strong El Niño Years
With the expected presence of a strong El Niño for the rest of Fall and into the Winter season, I’ve been trying to look at how the Alabama weather responded in past El Niños. But that is not an easy … Continue reading
