Author Archives: Brian Peters
Cold Sparks Outages
As we noted would be possible with the extreme cold air affecting Alabama and the Southeast US, power companies are dealing with outages created by the cold and the increased demand. Here is a link to Alabama Power’s latest release … Continue reading
Watching It Happen
For several days, we’ve been telling people about the extreme cold that was coming our way. Now we can really watch it unfold. To see how dramatic the temperature change is – and will be for us – just look … Continue reading
Brutally Cold Weather Just Ahead
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. The brutal cold weather … Continue reading
Water Cooler Weather
With everyone buzzing about the cold air headed into the eastern half of the country, I thought it might be interesting to jot down some “water cooler weather” notes, something akin to JB’s weather by the numbers. So here goes. … Continue reading
Record Cold Possible
Much of the eastern half of the country is bracing for some of the coldest weather seen in the last twenty years. The lowest temperature for this morning was minus 36 at Big Black River, ME. Much of western and … Continue reading
Practically Balmy
* * * Due to travel this morning, there is not a Weather Xtreme Video. I will have a new video on Sunday morning by 8 am or so. * * * Central Alabama along with much of the central … Continue reading
WeatherBrains 414: Looking Back at 2013
WeatherBrains Episode 414 is now online (December 30, 2013). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE netcast audio program for you! Our WeatherBrains guest for the last show of 2013 is Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) with … Continue reading
Transition Day then Colder Monday
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. The rain is moving … Continue reading
No Weather Radio Test Today
Due to the inclement weather, mainly rain, across Central Alabama, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Birmingham has decided to postpone the regularly scheduled weather radio test. The next regular weekly test of NOAA Weather Radio in Central Alabama … Continue reading
A Wet, Cool Saturday
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. Rain has moved into … Continue reading
