Radar check… Glob of showers over NE Alabama…affecting Marshall, Etowah and northern St. Clair Counties. Another over Walker, Jefferson, Cullman and Blount Counties. A heavier concentration including some strong storm activity over Hale, Perry and Marengo Counties. This will be … Continue reading →

A line of thunderstorms is crossing Alabama this morning…accopanied by winds as high as 40 mph… It is just west of I-65 in Cullman County… extending south southwestward into western Jefferson County west of the City of Birmingham, then on … Continue reading →

Here is my list of some wackier weather events of 2006… 12. Close Call. The NWS Office in Rapid City, South Dakota barely missed being consumed by a grassfire that came within thirty feet of the office on July 18th. … Continue reading →

Light to moderate to occasionally heavy rain continues to edge eastward across western Alabama. The leading edge is from western Morgan County diwn through western Cullman County into western Jefferson County. It continues to the southwest across parts of Tuscaloosa… … Continue reading →

Cloudy conditions prevail across Alabama late this morning. There were still a few peeks of sunshine across Northeast Alabama, but even those will close up shortly. Winds will be picking up as we go through the afternoon hours and it … Continue reading →

2006 Top Weather Stories in Alabama… 10. NWS Mobile Cited. The NWS Mobile was awarded the NOAA gold medal for efforts during and following Hurricane Katrina. No other NWS office has suffered more landfalling tropical storms in their area of … Continue reading →

A significant tornado outbreak is ongoing across eastern Texas this evening. It has produced at least 15 reports of tornadoes across Texas this afternoon. The Waco Tribune is reporting one dead and twelve injured near Groesbeck. The President and First … Continue reading →

Here is my list of the top weather stories in the United States in 2006…feel free to chime in with your contribution by posting a comment… 10. Early Season Snows in Southeast…. On November 21st…the earliest snow ever reported in … Continue reading →

Web reader Mark Tyner asked me a good question this weekend…. Will Tuscaloosa, or central Alabama for that fact, EVER get any measurable snow? I do not remember any for the last five or six years. It seemed growing up … Continue reading →

For the rest of this week, I will be taking a look at the top weather stories from 2006… Here is my list of the top world weather stories… 10. Atlantic tropical cyclone activity was below average. In the Atlantic, … Continue reading →