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Alabama Weather Update
Just minutes from a new Weatehr Xtreme Video from Dr. Brian Peters on this wonderful Saturday morning… No better sound than the gentle patter of raindrops on the roof and a brightly colored radar to the west of us promising … Continue reading
The NHC Situation
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post in support of Bill Proenza and the public comments that he was making in regards to a poorly thought out NOAA publicity campaign and cuts in hurricane research. It seemed that … Continue reading
Another Look at Radar
At 7:30 tonight…thunderstorms were over the Northwest Corner of the state and over West Central Alabama. Storm swere over Lauderdale and Colbert Counties in Northwest Alabama with the strongest activity passing into Tennessee. The strongest storms were over southern Sumter … Continue reading
Notes as of 6:10 p.m.
Some notes on the Alabama weather situation as of 6:10: A thunderstorm was developing south of The Colony along I-65 north of Warrior…it will move east. Other showers were forming over southern Cullman County in the same general area. Blount … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update – 4:55 p.m.
Here’s a look at Alabama’s weather just before 5 p.m… The radar is active across western sections, much as we expected today. Activity was almost exclusively west of I-65. Showers and thunderstorms are over the following areas…. ..over Northwest Alabama…across … Continue reading
Lawn Chair Larry
On July 2, 1982, a Los Angeles man named Larry Walters decided to attempt flight in a lawn chair attached to forty five Army surplus weather balloons filled with helium. Armed with sandwiches, soft drinks, a camera and an air … Continue reading
Rainfall Reports
Here are some of the rainfall amounts from today across North and Central Alabama… 1.42 at Blountsville 0.75 at Cordova 1.06 at Ellisville in Cherokee County 1.48 at Pell City 0.62 at Sylacauga 0.93 at Holt Dam (Tuscaloosa) 0.72 at … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update – 6:45 p.m.
Many thanks to JB who watched the blog for me so I could ride my bike and enjoy the wonderful outflow from the thunderstorms earlier. At 6:45, the thunderstorms were mainly south of I-59. Very strong thunderstorms were over Sumter, … Continue reading
Shelby County Storms Intense
LATE UPDATE: This storm has produced over 700 lightning strikes between 330 p.m. and 400 p.m.! Strong thunderstorms are blowing up over eastern Shelby County as the area is caught in between powerful outflow boundaries. Storms are quite strong noew … Continue reading
Alabama Weather Update 4:15 p.m.
Thunderstorms are fairly numerous across North and Central Alabama this afternoon… A few notes… …it looks like storms will skip right over the Birmingham area. Strong storms over Walker County collpased, sending a powerful outflow boundary southward, giving a wild … Continue reading
