Flurries have been reported across parts of North and Central Alabama late tonight… We have a report of flurries from Steele in northern St. Clair County. Kirk Cahoon reports… Hi ! I live on Eastern Valley Road between McAdory High … Continue reading →

Just before 8 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, the idyllic calm of a peaceful morning in Southeast Asia was shattered by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The epicenter of the magnitude 9.1 earthquake was about 100 … Continue reading →

It is a miserable night across much of North and Central Alabama with strong easterly winds and a shield of widespread rain. Across Central Alabama, temperatures are in the middle 40s to near 50 degrees. Dewpoints are on the increase. … Continue reading →

The 12×20 original painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by German artist Emanuel Leutze hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The impressive masterpiece is the image that most of us have of Washington crossing the Delaware. It is more symbolic … Continue reading →

Analyzing surface data late this afternoon, it is easy to find our Gulf low. It is located just south of the Louisiana coast, about 160 miles south of New Iberia. It is quite windy over parts of the northern Gulf … Continue reading →

Denver experienced a top ten snowstorm this past week with full blizzard conditons and general 20-26 inch amounts along much of the Front Range. According to the NWS Denver, the 24 hour total of 20.7 inches ranked 7th on the … Continue reading →

During the autumn and early winter season, when the wind is from the right direction and the normally placid waters of Lake Erie are not yet frozen, the lake seems to rise up in a hurricane of snow, burying the … Continue reading →

The week of December 18, 1989 was a cold one across much of the United States. The powerful cold front that signified the arrival of the Arctic air reached Alabama on the 21st. News reports and weather forecasts warned of … Continue reading →

On the morning of the December 17, 1944, the powerful U.S. Third Fleet under Admiral Bull Halsey had just won the Battle of Leyte and was steaming east to get out of range of Japanese bombers. Five hundred miles east … Continue reading →

On December 17, 1903, conditions were not ideal for spectators at Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But they were ideal for the participants in a grand experiment. Winds of 27 mph with gusts to 35 … Continue reading →