Held in check most of the day by extensive cloudiness leftover from Friday night’s convection, the mercury got a late start on Saturday at Birmingham. It made a valiant effort to make 90, but fell just short, peaking at 89F … Continue reading →

Air Force reconnaissance found a flight level wind of 77 knots or 90 mph at 5:41 p.m. this afternoon. Adjusting that to the surface, Felix now has top winds of 75 mph. The central pressure is down to 993 mb. … Continue reading →

Felix has top winds of 70 mph…could become a hurricane tonight… Located near Latitude 12.7 N…Longitude 65.3 W or 300 miles east of Aruba. Moving W-18 mph. Central pressure 999 mb. Will become a major hurricane by Tuesday. The official … Continue reading →

Radar activity is in three general areas this afternoon… 1. Over the northwestern counties of Franklin, Colbert, Lawrence, Marion and Winston…moving into Lamar County. Strongest storms are just NE of Double Springs. 2. Over the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama…strongest … Continue reading →

We have recorded 37 consecutive days with temperatures at or above 90F at the Birmingham International Airport. That ties the record set in 1932. But extensive clouds across North Central Alabama this mornign from last evening’s nocturnal convection are hindering … Continue reading →

A quick update on Felix the Cat…the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season… Felix is strengthening…top winds 65 mph. Air Force plane reported central pressure of 1001 mb. Will become a hurricane by tomorrow. Will be a major … Continue reading →

Skywatcher Lee Ransum relays a report from last evening’s thunderstorms in Cherokee County. He lives in Pollard Bend, which is between Leesburg and Hokes Bluff. Half our barn is now in our pond. My weather instruments recorded a 43mph wind … Continue reading →

Tropical Depression Six was upgraded to Tropical Storm Felix earlier this morning. Satellite photos show that it is becoming better organized. The center passed directly over the island of Grenada overnight, but it was not very strong at the time. … Continue reading →

Professor Cleveland Abbe of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society realized the value of plotting weather reports received by telegraph. A series of storms in 1865 and 1866 had sunk over 3000 ships on the Great Lakes and Abbe knew that the … Continue reading →

Storms are very active across Shelby County tonight. They are strongest betwene Harpersville and Wilsonville…headed toward Columbiana. Another strong storm was approaching Chelsea. Lots of lightning and thunder with these big storms. The Chelsea football game was stopped because of … Continue reading →