Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Early Showers
Breakfast is barely over and already we see some showers in West Alabama early this morning. At 8 am, there were several showers over North Marengo County in West Central Alabama just south of Demopolis. Moving toward the NNW and … Continue reading
Bunches and Bunches of Rain
More than a trace. Much, much, much more! Check out that 9.18 inches of rain at Gosport, Indiana and 7.73 at Spencer, Indiana. Big part of this overnight. Much of the Indianapolis area looks like our dear friend, the Gulf … Continue reading
Double Celebration
Many congratulations to James and Karen Spann. Today is their wedding anniversary! BUT!!!! It is also the _____th (choose one) birthday for James! I am highly suspicious that he planned it that way so he would NEVER forget his wedding … Continue reading
Severe Weather Upgrade–High Risk
SPC has upgraded the severe weather risk in the Central Plains to Midwest to High Risk for today and tonight. The High Risk Area East half of Kansas Extreme NW Missouri East Nebraska Most of Iowa Extreme South Minnesota Includes … Continue reading
127 Tornado Warnings in One Day!
I don’t have past records to prove it, but I don’t ever remember a day like Wednesday: * 127 Tornado Warnings in one day (actually in 23 hours from midnight until 11 pm, CST) The warnings were posted all the … Continue reading
Weather by the Numbers 6/4/08
* 102 is the forecast high this afternoon for Van Horn on I-10 in far West Texas. Nothing unusual about that except that hot, dry winds will be gusting as high as 50 mph this afternoon with no thunderboomers involved. … Continue reading
Blast Furnace vs Snow
5 pm temperature at Wink, Texas (West Texas) was 112 with relative humidity only 4%. Yep, that is FOUR percent. Strong south winds gusting over 30 mph at times. That is somewhat like standing near the open door of a … Continue reading
Weather By The Numbers 6/2/08
* 93 was the high in Montgomery today as Alabama begins to heat up as summer gets underway. * 111 was the high in Wink, in West Texas this afternoon. They had 114 yesterday. * 6% was their relative humidity … Continue reading
Watching a Small MCS
It has been moving SE through Missouri for several hours. Late this afternoon it had moved down into SE Missouri and had decreased in size. However, because of it the SPC has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 o’clock … Continue reading
Some Got It; Others Didn’t
Tis the usual story in Alabama during summer thunderstorms. And, yes, it is summer. Sunday was Day One. I am already tired and sick of the hot weather. However, I respect all of you that like summer and spring better … Continue reading
