Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Celebrating Every Drop
Since everyone is willing to pay big bucks for rain, we celebrate these amounts. Even 1/4 inch is reason enough to cheer or throw a poptart party. I have done so many rain dances in my back yard that all … Continue reading
After Bedtime Look at Alabama
A line of showers and thunderstorms moved into NW Alabama late tonight. Around 11 pm, some beneficial rain was falling over Lamar, Marion and Franklin County. The storms were moving northward but the system was spreading east ever-so-slowly. More to … Continue reading
Strong Storms West of Alabama
NWS issued a Significant Weather Alert for West Pickens and Lamar County in extreme West Alabama. Most of the thunderstorm was over in the east edge of Mississippi moving north at 30 mph. However, an outflow boundary (a line of … Continue reading
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
A thunderstorm developed over West-Central Alabama this afternoon, but dissipated along the Tuscaloosa-Pickens County line. A few other showers developed this afternoon over NE Alabama and also a few isolated thunderstorms. The National Weather Service in Huntsville posted a Severe … Continue reading
Alabama at 1:30 PM
The lone (and I suppose lonely) thunderstorm that was over West Alabama’s Pickens County early this afternoon diminished into a small area of light showers along the Pickens-Tuscaloosa County line. Too bad. The NWS, Huntsville, reported this morning that soil … Continue reading
Cheers–A Thunderstorm
It was over the eastern part of Pickens County in West Alabama early this afternoon. Mainly near Gordo. Moving NE toward the Tuscaloosa County line. It has weakened in the last few minutes. Very slim chance of you getting rain … Continue reading
What is Hot and What is Not?
Woe is me. We are rushing toward that time of year when the daily forecast sounds almost the same every day. Most days, it goes like this: “Partly sunny and (warm) (hot), humid and hazy with a chance of afternoon … Continue reading
My Little Mind Needs To Know . . .
1. Why do we say, “The sky is partly cloudy?” What else can be partly cloudy? The ground cannot be partly cloudy, nor the rain, nor the snow, nor the landscape. Why don’t we just say it is partly cloudy? … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
* 82,000 is how many acres burned by the wild fires in South Georgia (2 separate fires) as of today. Reports are that the fires are 70% contained but they may not be totally contailed till it rains. Northerly winds … Continue reading
Tornado Watch till 10 PM
It barely touches NE Alabama. The Tornado Watch, effective until 10 o’clock tonight is for: North Georgia Southeast Tennessee Far Western North Carolina Northeast Coirner of Alabama Only three counties in the NE corner of Alabama included: Dekalb Jackson Marshall … Continue reading
