That persistent wide band of rain across Central Alabama has finally started to move along a little better. At 12:15 p.m., most of the rain had ended along a line from near Livingston to Demopolis, Greensboro, Centreville, Birmingham, Springville and … Continue reading →

Not much change in the position of the wide rain band across Alabama. At 10:30 the west to east band was all the way across the state. These counties were on the north side of the band: Pickens Tuscaloosa Jefferson … Continue reading →

A band of rain exists all the way across Alabama at mid morning. The band of rain is 50-70 miles wide with Jefferson County on the north edge. Down south it extends to Livingston, Demopolis and Prattville. The rain is … Continue reading →

Light rain has spread into extreme North Alabama. At 1:00 this afternoon, it was raining in the Florence/Muscle Shoals area as well as Huntsville, Decatur and Cullman. This is due to a cold front that was near the NW corner … Continue reading →

Roaming the world and some of these notes are useless. (News you can’t use) RAIN One of the more significant amounts around the USA in the last 24 hours was 2.84 inches at Houston. As of this morning, these rain … Continue reading →

——————————————————————————————- TCPAT5 BULLETIN HURRICANE OMAR ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1100 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008 …OMAR QUICKLY WEAKENING AS IT IS MOVES RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS… …HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT REMAINS … Continue reading →

Nope, TD does not stand for “touchdown” in this case. It is still another tropical depression as our season continues quite active. Check out the track forecast map and advisory and you will see that it should not bother the … Continue reading →

NOTE: Tropical Storm Omar will not churn the waters of our friend, the Gulf of Mexico, or bother any part of the USA. Instead, he will start a northward track and then NE. After crossing Puerto Rico, he will head … Continue reading →

————————————————————————————— BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL152008 1100 AM AST MON OCT 13 2008 …NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA… A TROPICAL STORM WATCH COULD BE REQUIRED FOR PUERTO … Continue reading →

It scared the living daylights out of me! Well, maybe I should say the living nightlights because this scary incident happened in the middle of the night. We have told the story of Hurricane Opal many times over so this … Continue reading →