Winter Weather Awareness Week continues all this week in Alabama. The NWS in Huntsville, Birmingham and Mobile write a new story each day. Here is anexcellent one this morning from Jim Stefkovich, Meteorologist In Charge (MIC) of the the Birmingham … Continue reading →

* 14% is how much of the lower 48 states had a snow cover this morning. That compared to 9% one month ago today. * 288 inches was a typical snow depth in the Western mountains this morning. That measurement … Continue reading →

Scattered light showers now occurring over NW Alabama. Mainly in the Florence-Huntsville-Cullman Triangle. To the west, there was a ;ine of showers at 7:15 that extended down the east side of Mississippi from Tupelo down to Meridian and Hattiesburg. Slow … Continue reading →

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 800 AM CST THU NOV 12 2009 ..20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEVASTATING HUNTSVILLE F4 TORNADO THIS SUNDAY /NOVEMBER 15TH/ MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO RIPPED ACROSS AIRPORT ROAD AND OTHER … Continue reading →

Well, Ida no longer exists officially, but her remains are causing real problems along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, especially along the North Carolina/Virginia coast with battering waves, strong winds and very heavy rain. The actual center is near or just off … Continue reading →

Her names was Ida, so we can blame all of this extra work on that young lady. She brought so much rain to the state of Alabama that we are now ready to post a list of rain amounts that … Continue reading →

I was as busy all day yesterday as a baby chicken trying to cross US 280 during afternoon rush hour, so i did not get to assemble a complete list of rain totals. I am very interested in this, so … Continue reading →

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1242 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN… NORTHWESTERN BIBB … Continue reading →

Ida is no longer a tropical storm. Earlier this morning, she was downgraded from a tropical storm to just a depression. Based on satellite photographs and surface analysis, the low-pressure area that was once Ida was centered over South/Central or … Continue reading →

Widespread rain continues at midmorning. A radar check at 8:40 a.m. indicated extensive rain over North and Central Alabama, especially from Montgomery northward. The heaviest rain seemed to be over West/ Central and NW Alabama, especially from about Livingston northward … Continue reading →