Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
How it Looks in Alabama at 5:30 a.m.
A FEW LATE NOTES * In NW Alabama, Marion County schools are closed today and also Winfield City schools. This was reported by the Marion County EMA Director. This is not an all inclusive report for the entire area. * … Continue reading
5 am in Alabama–a Wintry Mix
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6 pm today for a large part of North and Central Alabama, It extends as far south as Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Talladega and Randolph County. It is for a mix … Continue reading
From a Few Other Places
NOTE: Please scroll down for a lot more information that is still valid. ATLANTA A chance of light rain and sleet this morning and a chance of rain with a slight chance of sleet this afternoon. So far, no formal … Continue reading
Reports From Our Readers
* 31 degrees with freezing rain just beginning between Cullman and Eva. (Eva is in Extreme South Morgan County in North Alabama) * 3:45 am just NE of Hayden, Blount County, 33 degrees. Appears to be a thin layer of … Continue reading
The Alabama Story–3:30 am Report
Is is a story of a cold rain at the moment. Scattered light rain has already spread eastward across most of the northern third of Alabama as far east as Anniston. Temperatures continue to slowly fall. A wintry mix will … Continue reading
Mid-morning in Alabama–9:40 Report
Scattered light precipitation developed over about the northern third of Alabama this morning. Mike Wilhelm, 3340 Skywatcher in Vinemont, reported some light freezing rain this morning driving to work from Vinemont (North Cullman County) to Decatur. It froze on his … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS–2/7/07
* 9,192,477 is how many people that visited Great Smoky Mountain National Park in 2005. That is more than double the number of number two, which was the Grand Canyon. * 354 inches is the normal annual rainfall for Quibdo, … Continue reading
Here Comes a Cold Front
Just for “fun” let’s do a temperature profile all along or near I-65. These are 11 am, CST, Temperatures: 64 in Mobile 61 in Montgomery 58 in Birmingham 44 in Decatur 32 in Nashville 26 in Clarksville, Tenn. 26 in … Continue reading
BIG CHEERS FROM ICE-WARY FOLKS
71 degrees at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Oklahoma City. 60 or higher over all of Oklahoma. 49 at Denver at 1 PM, MST Don’t you know that all those folks are jumping with joy after all the snow and … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS–2/6/07
This edition is mainly about how the Great Lakes play havoc with winter weather when bitter cold arctic air is sweeping SE and east across the Great Lakes. * 35 mph will be the west wind gusts across Lake Ontario … Continue reading
