It is a beautiful day for outdoor activities. One of those SHOULD NOT be burning leaves. Extremely dry air with dewpoints in the 20s has worked down to the surface across North and Central Alabama. This combined with a breezy … Continue reading →

The 2007 North Atlantic Hurricane Season has been an active one, but you may not have noticed. You probably haven’t noticed because there have only been two landfalling U.S. tropical storms (Erin and Gabrielle) and one U.S. landfalling hurricane (Humberto.) … Continue reading →

A nice soaking rain is underway across much of the state of Alabama tonight. No severe weather is involved, and it doesn’t look like any is in the cards now, except for perhaps over extreme southwest Alabama. The back edge … Continue reading →

Some first quarter rainfall reports as of 10:45 p.m…. Tuscaloosa 0.25 Birmingham Airport 0.01 Haleyville 0.48 Meridian 0.19 South Trussville 0.08 Concord/Hueytown 0.22 South Hueytown 0.25 Pinson 0.20 (estimated) Cuba, AL (Sumter County) 0.41 Thanks to our skywatchers for the … Continue reading →

The 2007 North Atlantic Hurricane Season has been an active one, but you may not have noticed. You probably haven’t noticed because there have only been two landfalling U.S. tropical storms (Erin and Gabrielle) and one U.S. landfalling hurricane (Humberto.) … Continue reading →

We are in constant conact with the forecasters at the NWS via instant messaging…and the lead forecaster on duty just shared their thoughts… …severe weather will be limited to areas south of US-80 and I-85 overnight. …the tropical air will … Continue reading →

Rain continues to increase across the western half of Alabama tonight. Heavy showers are over Northwest Alabama over Franklin, Marion, Lawrence and Winston Counties. Some heavy showers are over Lamar and Fayette Counties. The further south you go, the heavier … Continue reading →

It has been pouring buckets today across Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Radar estimates indicate a wide band of 4-6 inch rainfall amounts across Central Louisiana from about Lafayette up into Southwest Mississippi. Another heavy band is across extreme Southeast Louisiana. … Continue reading →

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for southern Louisiana. A warm front is surging on shore in Louisiana in advance of a northward moving low pressure system that is just off the SW Louisiana coast. Heavy rain … Continue reading →

Forecasts for Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1950, had warned of an approaching cold wave from the Ohio Valley into the Deep South, but weathermen were caught unaware by the explosive deepening of the weather system they were monitoring. Rain changed … Continue reading →