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A Few Notes on the Heat on a Record Setting Afternoon
Daily and all-time October record highs are in the process of being re-written this afternoon across North and Central Alabama. Continue reading
Midday Update: Seventh Consecutive Day of Record Highs; Four More To Go
Our September-October heatwave continues with more record highs across the state today. More daily records will fall through Friday. Continue reading
Welcome to October!
“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get” is the old adage. Here is the October Almanac with the month’s climatology for Central Alabama. Continue reading
Morning Look at the Tropics
Hurricane Lorenzo will brush the Azores tonight and impact the UK late on Thursday and Friday as a powerful extratropical storm. Continue reading
Records Set Today, More on Tap for Monday
All four Central Alabama major reporting stations broke or tied their records today, and will likely again tomorrow. Continue reading
90s this Week, But 80s Start Next Weekend, and 70s by the 11th!
Highs this afternoon will be in the middle 90s across the I-20 Corridor. This is record territory for late September. More records will be falling this week. Continue reading
Lorenzo is a Large and Powerful Hurricane; Will Brush Azores and Impact the UK this Week
Lorenzo is a large, powerful category four hurricane over the Central Atlantic this morning. It will brush by the Azores late Tuesday and be near the UK by Friday. Continue reading
More Records to Fall This Week; Cool Down Starts Next Weekend
Record highs will continue to fall through at least midweek across as strong upper-level high pressure builds across the southern tier of states. All-time October highs will be in jeopardy Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, for sure, perhaps Friday as well. Continue reading
