I was excited to see that the IMAX movie Hurricane on the Bayou was playing at the McWane Center. So we decided to go and view it before having dinner with David and Colleen Black Saturday night. The movie was … Continue reading →

Here are some amazing lake effect snow totals from the past week issued early this morning by the NWS Buffalo, New York. …OSWEGO COUNTY… PARISH 100.0 600 AM 2/10 MEXICO 83.0 710 AM 2/10 WEST MONROE 58.0 755 AM 2/10 … Continue reading →

A major ice storm affected the Southeast United States between February 9-13, 1994. Parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, but Mississippi were the hardest hit. The ice storm was unusual in several respects: first, it affected a much wider … Continue reading →

This El Nino update from the Climate Prediction Center at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction: SST anomalies have decreased across the equatorial Pacific during the last 30 days, with the most recent pattern indicating weak warm-episode (El Niño) conditions. … Continue reading →

Another typical messy Alabama wintertime forecast… There is a threat of icing on area roads in the morning, especially bridges and overpasses. The NWS has posted a Winter Weather Advsory for all of North and much of Central Alabama. It … Continue reading →

The evening run of the NAM model is in the house through tomorrow… It indicates a little later arrival of the precipitation, about the same temperature profile and an increasing threat of heavier icing across Northwest and North Central Alabama … Continue reading →

Clouds are overspreading the sky tonight from the southwest and west. Skies are still clear over the Tennesseee Valey and eastern sections of the state. We have partly cloudy skies in Birmingham. Temepratures were in the 30s over the Tennessee … Continue reading →

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY The NWS Birmingham has issued a Winter Weather Advisory is effect for tomorrow for Central and North Alabama generally north of a line from Aliceville to Calera to Roanoke. Temperatures may be cold enough at the surface … Continue reading →

I had a great time today at Jim and Nick’s in Trussville enjoying the company of weather legend J.B. Elliott and ABC3340 Skywatcher and huge weather fan Chuck Biddinger. Here we are enjoying a super lunch… There is no truth … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I ran an article about one of my early weather heroes, Ray White. Ray took television weather to a new level from 1974 until 1978 in Birmingham, working with very little resources, but going straight to the source to … Continue reading →