Thanks to the ABC3340 Skywatcher network for all the great reports tonight…a short time ago there were 43 certified Skywatchers participating in our instant message room…unbeatable data…hats off to you all… Some reports… …9:31 pm…light sleet Greystone Farms N Shelby … Continue reading →

Going County by County tonight… Tennessee Valley… Lauderdale… Colbert… Franklin… Lawrence… Limestone… Madison… Morgan… Jackson… Marshall… DeKalb… Currently…32F at Muscle Shoals…33-34F in the Huntsville area…36F in Fort Payne… Moisture moving into this area will start out as sleet, or a … Continue reading →

Sounds like someone cooking bacon in the back yard…but it’s not breakfast time… It’s sleet… Lots of excitement across Central Alabama tonight as moisture moving into the area had produced some pretty significant sleet. At 9:00 p.m. tonight, radar indicates … Continue reading →

Well, the evening run of the GFS is finishing up. The NAM is in the house. The other models from around the world endorse the cold trend. NWS ofices across the Plains and Southeast and starting to worry about the … Continue reading →

A swarm of tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama on January 18, 1936. Four people died as an F2 tornado passed from near Fyffe to near Rainsville in DeKalb County, killing four people. Another twister touched down near Columbiana. One … Continue reading →

You weather fans of today don’t know how lucky you have it…(smile) Why, when I was a kid, back in the barren weather data days of the early 70s, we were lucky if we got read the Alabama weather summary … Continue reading →

Cold is the main weather story across Alabama on this late January Sunday afternoon… Temperatures bottomed out in the lower to middle 30s behind our strong cold front. The mercury has stabilized and temperatures are rebelling just enough against the … Continue reading →

Good morning… Our cold front is nearly through Alabama this morning. It has made rapid progress overnight. The radar is basically clear across Alabama. There are a few light showers down in Autauga and Elmore Counties. Regionally, there is some … Continue reading →

Thick clouds cover all of Alabama at this hour. Rain has quickly overspread the southwestern two thirds of the state, generally south of US-78. This rain has formed in response to a surface low over the northern Gulf of Mexico … Continue reading →

About to go to press with the afternoon forecast package and thought I would give you an update. I won’t change any of the particulars on the official forecast for now even though the chance of precpitation at midweek is … Continue reading →