Everyone will be watching every blog post and hanging on every word of every forecast pacakge for the next several days as snow fans breathlessly anticipate a chance to experience even a small frozen precipitation experience in Alabama. It has … Continue reading →

On January 27, 2001, the Oklahoma State Cowboys played the University of Colorado Buffaloes in a mens basketball game in Boulder. Colorado prevailed 81-71. After the game, the Cowboys entourage including the team, family and friends, staffers and broadcasters boarded … Continue reading →

I had to share a picture of the ice cream cake that my son Chris had made for my birthday today… Perfect for someone who loves the weather as much as I do… Thanks Chris!

On January 22, 1955…famed Weather Bureau Hurricane Forecaster and Alabama native Grady Norton was featured on an episode on the television show Man Behind the Badge. Actor Milborne Stone played the great forecaster that had passed away just three months … Continue reading →

The back edge of the rainfall area is progressing southeastward at a rate of about 10 mph. It extends from DeKalb County, through southeastern Marshall County, Blount County, Central Walker County, NW Tuscaloosa County into Pickens County. Rain should end … Continue reading →

It is raining cats and dogs across the area this Sunday afternoon. Someone said it is great nap weather. Have to agree. Nearly 90 percent of the state north of Montgomery is getting rain at this hour. The heaviest rain … Continue reading →

Susan Wheary from Missouri this story about last weekend’s ice storm in her area…I am reprinting it with her permission… Here’s a little more on the ice storm we “enjoyed” this past weekend. Sunday afternoon about 2:30 it started raining … Continue reading →

It is a rainy, dreary and cool January day across Alabama. The kind of day that gives the first month of the year a bad name around these parts. A broad area of precipitation continues across the country from the … Continue reading →

On the morning of Monday, January 21, 1985, Alabama awoke in a deep freeze. It was -6F at the Birmingham Airport, marking a record low for the date. It is much more than that. It is the second coldest low … Continue reading →

The morning run of the GFS is in the house and it points to some interesting possibilities for Alabama Wednesday night and Thursday. Our first system brings rain into Alabama late tonight and becomes widespread and steady on Sunday. Rainfall … Continue reading →