Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Yes, I am (Very, Very!) Thankful
If I said everything I wanted to this morning, this blog post would be twenty feet long! It will not be nearly that long, but I do want to express a few of my thoughts on this most important holiday … Continue reading
Wednesday Morning Chill
This is not one of those half-mile long lists of low temperatures because we have been colder than this morning on several occasions. Overall, it was a bit colder than we expected. Ironically, the Birmingham Airport was one degree warmer … Continue reading
Holiday Travel
Experts tell us that the day before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year as families, relatives and friends gather for the big Thanksgiving feasts and visits. This forecast is for Wednesday only, including cities in all directions … Continue reading
Exciting Time For Skywatchers!
https://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/24nov_skyshow.htm?list21813 Spectacular Conjunction 11.24.2008 + Play Audio | + Download Audio | + Email to a friend | + Join mailing list Nov. 24, 2008: This story ends with the best sky show of the year–a spectacular three-way conjunction of … Continue reading
Final Rain Update
Early tonight, rain had ended in all but Extreme SE Alabama. Still raining from about Phenix City southwestward to Elba and Geneva. Amounts: OFFICIAL NWS STATIONS 0.13 Albertville 0.48 Bankhead National Forest 0.45 Courtland 0.47 Cullman Agricultural Station 0.40 Decatur … Continue reading
Nightfall in Alabama
Rain has ended over the entire NW half of Alabama. At nightfall, a broad band of rain along with some thunderstorms extwended from Chambers, Tallapoosa, and Coosa County in East Central Alabama, southwestward to Lowdnes County and on to near … Continue reading
Showers Moving In
A wide band of showers ahead of a cold front continues to spread into North and NW Alabama at midday. Almost all of the thunderstorms involved with this wide band of precipitation were over Central Louisiana. At 12:15 p.m., the … Continue reading
Closed For The Winter!
—————————————————————————————- It is truly one of the most (stubborn) (tenacious) plants in this old world. No, we must say the universe. I sure hope that NASA will not plant a sprig on the moon or Mars. Surely, the moon would … Continue reading
You Can See Forever . . .
. . . Still cold outside (for some folks) but no comparison with early this morning. It was our coldest morning so far. By mid-day, most areas had warmed into the 40s with little or no wind. Visibility is so … Continue reading
A Very Cold Alabama Night
For mid-November at least. This special roundup is of 11 pm temperatures but some of these are as much as two hours earlier. 21 Grantley 22 Cottondale 23 Decatur 24 Scrougeout 25 Anniston Airport, Gadsden Airport, Haleyville, Concord/Hueytown, Vigo, Moody, … Continue reading
