Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Mid-Morning in Alabama
Showers continue to spread into West-Central and NW Alabama. The intensity of the lightning has diminshed somewhat during the last hour. A line of showers out ahead of the main storms extended from near Ft. Payne to Guntersville, Oneonta, Birmingham, … Continue reading
Alabama Situation at 8 o’clock
Showers and some thunderstorms continue to spread into NW Alabama from Mississippi. The showers extended generally from Fayette and Winston County northward to the Florence-Tuscumbia-Muscle Shoals-Moulton-Decatur area. Strongest thunderstorms were over the two most NW Counties in Alabama, Colbert and … Continue reading
Late Night in Alabama
At 10:45 tonight, most of the rain had shifted over into East Alabama but also some lingering light showers across the Tennessee Valley. Moving east. Heaviest showers moved eastward across coastal areas. Over one-half inch of rain at Mobile. Also, … Continue reading
Alabama at 8 o’clock Tonight
A rather wide band of rain continues spreading east across the state. West Central Alabama now has little or no rain. Most of the rain is light. A few spots of moderate rain over the central counties. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING … Continue reading
Raining West Alabama
Early this evening, there was widespread rain across much of the west half of Alabama. At 6:30 PM, most of it was west of the Cullman-Birmingham-Montgomery line. Only downside, almost all of it was light. In some areas, just sprinkles. … Continue reading
Feeling Like The Desert
That title is an exaggeration, of course. Alabama is nowhere near being a desert but it feels that way sometimes. We do need rain. We need it badly. Teasing someone at church Sunday who was begging for rain. Told him, … Continue reading
Late Morning Peek
Not much going on across Alabama late on this Monday morning. Based on radar, most of the sprinkles were over Extreme NE Alabama and moving east. Temperatures were in the chilly 40s over the north half of the state and … Continue reading
In Search of Cold Temperatures
Here is a wide selection of low temperatures on this Saturday, April 7 when it is not supposed to be cold. The Alabama lows were compiled from official NWS stations, ABC 33/40 skycams and 33/40 skywatchers. ALABAMA 22 at Hamilton … Continue reading
Another Cold Morning
It will be significantly colder Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings in Alabama, but here is a look at a selection of this morning’s lows. Clouds moved in for part of the night and the wind did not completely go calm, … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS–04/05/07
* 14 was the low temperature atop Mt. LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains this morning. * 9 to 20 is the low temperature range forecast for the Great Smoky Mountains Saturday night and Easter morning. The colder temperatures, of … Continue reading
