Scattered showers continue tonight mainly over the north half of Alabama. Generally light showers, however, moderate ones were over NW Alabama over Marion, North Fayette and NE Lamar County. It is still chilly acress the area, generally in the 40s … Continue reading →

Light sleet mixed with rain continues over a good part of North/Central and Central Alabama early this afteroon. Based on radar, the best indications of sleet at the moment are over Cullman, Blount, St. Clair and East Jefferson Counties southward … Continue reading →

Still getting reports of sleet as noon approached across parts of West and Central Alabama. Most of it is light but a few periods of moderate reported. Some sleet as far south as Greensboro and Centerville/Brent. One of the latest … Continue reading →

These sleet reports in the last two hours or so mainly from West Alabama. Light sleet unless otherwise explained. Nauvoo Greensboro Berry Northport (moderate) Fayette (light to moderate) Vernon North Hale County (moderate) Hamilton Millport (heavy at times earlier) Patrick … Continue reading →

Light rain is trying to get into NW Alabama uninvited. A bit ahead of schedule. Radar shows some already over the Extreme NW but all or most of that may not be reaching the ground. At 9:35 am, the ABC … Continue reading →

Last night was a prime example showing that (on certain nights) using a single number to forecast the low is a hazard to a weather person’s sanity. We used 30 as the expected low for Birmingham. That turned out to … Continue reading →

Some of this is probably News You Can’t Use. Tis just for fun! * 22 inches is how much snow Houston was buried under on February 14-15, 1895. (Be sure and scroll down and read Bill’s excellent story about this … Continue reading →

If anything, less of Alabama was getting rain late tonight as compared to earlier this evening. Most of the north third of the state was without rain at 10:15 pm. To the south, showers were more numerous in a west … Continue reading →

It is generally a wet evening across Alabama although everybody is not getting rain. Based on radar returns at 7:20 pm, I would estimate that about 75% of the state is getting wet. Much of the rain is light. Most … Continue reading →

Rain was extensive late this afternoon across Central and South Alabama but very little over the north third of the state. The rain was moving steadily toward the ENE. (In fact, almost due east) At 5:20 pm, much of the … Continue reading →